PowerShell Command 'write-zip' doesn't work

Question

I am using a Powershell script to compress some files into a .zip file. My entire script looks like this:

Write-Host "Creating Zip File... " -NoNewLine
write-zip ("file1.txt", "file2.txt", "file3.txt", "logs") log.zip
Write-Host "Done"

This script is in a file named compress.ps1. When I am at a command line prompt, I can enter powershell -file compress.ps1 and it works perfectly. However, if I attempt to run the script from the "Windows PowerShell ISE", it doesn't work. The prompts ("Creating Zip File", and "Done") are shown. However, I don't see the .zip file on my file system. This same problem happens if I just right-click on compress.ps1 from Windows Explorer and choose to Open With Windows PowerShell.

What am I doing wrong? Thank you for any insights you can provide!

Oh, and mind your working directory too. Try specifying the fully qualified path names of the files instead of just their short names and see what happens. — Ryan Ries, Aug 01 '13 at 17:03
Ah... the working directory was the issue. Just out of curiosity, is there a way to use a relative path? I'm new to PowerShell. i'd like the file to just appear in the directory that I run the script from. I'm not sure how to do a relative path in PowerShell though. — user26712, Aug 01 '13 at 17:24
"$PWD\log.zip" as well as including $PWD in the file names in the list. — Etan Reisner, Aug 01 '13 at 17:25

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 01 '13 at 17:27

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Mind your working directory too. Try specifying the fully qualified path names of the files instead of just their short names and see what happens.

answered Aug 01 '13 at 17:27

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