Find Files older than 6 months and then ZIP the Files

Hi All,

I have the script below:

$pathname = "C:\Users\kelly.garcia"
  $files = Get-ChildItem $pathname -Recurse -File | 
	Where-Object LastAccessTime -le (Get-date).AddMonths(-1)
  
		foreach ($f in $files)
		{
			$Name = $f.name
			#Compress-Archive $f -DestinationPath $pathname\$Name.zip
		}

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how do I tell the script to find files only files that are equal to or greater than 1gb?

Kelly GarciaSenior Systems AdministratorAsked: 2017-04-03

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Kelly GarciaSenior Systems AdministratorAuthor Commented: 2017-04-03

also when I run the script I get this error:

Compress-Archive : The path '2013-09-18 10.57.31.jpg' either does not exist or is not a valid file system path.
At line:4 char:1
+ Compress-Archive $f -DestinationPath $pathname\$Name.zip
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (2013-09-18 10.57.31.jpg:String) [Compress-Archive], InvalidOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ArchiveCmdletPathNotFound,Compress-Archive

$pathname = "C:\Users\Kelly.garcia"
  $files = Get-ChildItem $pathname -Recurse -File | 
	Where-Object LastAccessTime -le (Get-date).AddMonths(-1)
  
		foreach ($f in $files)
		{
			$Name = $f.name
			Compress-Archive $f -DestinationPath $pathname\$Name.zip
		}

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LVL 71

Chris DentPowerShell DeveloperCommented: 2017-04-03

Another filter term:

$pathname = "C:\Users\kabir.uddin"
$files = Get-ChildItem $pathname -Recurse -File | 
    Where-Object { $_.LastAccessTime -le (Get-date).AddMonths(-1) -and $_.Length -ge 1GB }

foreach ($f in $files) {
    $Name = $f.name
    #Compress-Archive $f -DestinationPath $path\$Name.zip
}

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It came up in the last thread, but Compress-Archive has a built-in limit of 2GB. We'll need to use 7-zip (or something similar) to compress files of this size.

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