Carbon

2.5.2

Functions/Disable-NtfsCompression.ps1

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function Disable-NtfsCompression
{
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
    Turns off NTFS compression on a file/directory.
 
    .DESCRIPTION
    When disabling compression for a directory, any compressed files/directories in that directory will remain compressed. To decompress everything, use the `-Recurse` switch. This could take awhile.
 
    Uses Windows' `compact.exe` command line utility to compress the file/directory. To see the output from `compact.exe`, set the `Verbose` switch.
 
    .LINK
    Enable-NtfsCompression
 
    .LINK
    Test-NtfsCompression
 
    .EXAMPLE
    Disable-NtfsCompression -Path C:\Projects\Carbon
 
    Turns off NTFS compression on and decompresses the `C:\Projects\Carbon` directory, but not its sub-directories/files. New files/directories will get compressed.
 
    .EXAMPLE
    Disable-NtfsCompression -Path C:\Projects\Carbon -Recurse
 
    Turns off NTFS compression on and decompresses the `C:\Projects\Carbon` directory and all its sub-directories/sub-files.
 
    .EXAMPLE
    Get-ChildItem * | Where-Object { $_.PsIsContainer } | Disable-NtfsCompression
 
    Demonstrates that you can pipe the path to compress into `Disable-NtfsCompression`.
    #>
    [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true)]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$true,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)]
        [string[]]
        [Alias('FullName')]
        # The path where compression should be disabled.
        $Path,

        [Switch]
        # Disables compression on all sub-directories.
        $Recurse
    )

    begin
    {
        Set-StrictMode -Version 'Latest'

        Use-CallerPreference -Cmdlet $PSCmdlet -Session $ExecutionContext.SessionState

        $compactPath = Join-Path $env:SystemRoot 'system32\compact.exe'
        if( -not (Test-Path -Path $compactPath -PathType Leaf) )
        {
            if( (Get-Command -Name 'compact.exe' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) )
            {
                $compactPath = 'compact.exe'
            }
            else
            {
                Write-Error ("Compact command '{0}' not found." -f $compactPath)
                return
            }
        }
    }

    process
    {
        foreach( $item in $Path )
        {
            if( -not (Test-Path -Path $item) )
            {
                Write-Error -Message ('Path {0} not found.' -f $item) -Category ObjectNotFound
                return
            }

            $recurseArg = ''
            $pathArg = $item
            if( (Test-Path -Path $item -PathType Container) )
            {
                if( $Recurse )
                {
                    $recurseArg = ('/S:{0}' -f $item)
                    $pathArg = ''
                }
            }

            Invoke-ConsoleCommand -Target $item -Action 'disable NTFS compression' -ScriptBlock {
                & $compactPath /U $recurseArg $pathArg
            }
        }
    }
}