Powershell WinRAR (PSWinRAR)

This is a simple Powershell module that wraps the WinRAR command line into Powershell cmdlets with easier to read parameter naming

How to Use

PSWinRAR can be easily installed by using Install-Module -Name PSWinRAR inside of powershell, after which the functions are usable

Functions

• Compress-WinRAR is used to compress the contents of the directory specified in -DirectoryToCompress into the .rar file specified in -ArchivePath
• Expand-WinRAR is used to decompress the contents of the .rar file specified in -ArchivePath into the directory specified in -TargetDirectory
• Test-WinRAR is a wrapper for Check-WinRAR which returns $true if Check-WinRAR returns 0, and returns $false otherwise. If the Switch-Parameter -GetReturnCode is set, the returncode from the winrar executable is returned instead
• Repair-WinRAR is used to check an archive for errors and correct them which returns $true if the WinRAR executable returns 0, and returns $false otherwise. If the Switch-Parameter -GetReturnCode is set, the returncode from the winrar executable is returned instead