Zip a folder and containts

Question

I've been searching for hints and tips on how to zip up a folder and it's contents using C#. I've found a few examples that have yielded nothing major.

Anyone have a code snipit that'd help me out? I have the file path and I want to take the directory and zip it up using the standard libraries and not a third party dll.

Thanks for any help!

- JB

Answer 1

 

ZipPackage Class

Also.

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AlexB

Answer 2

private void ZipDirectory(string ZipFile, string DirToZip)

{

if (!System.IO.File.Exists(ZipFile)) PrepareEmptyZipFile(ZipFile);

Shell32.Shell sh = new Shell32.Shell();

Shell32.Folder sf = sh.NameSpace(DirToZip);

Shell32.Folder df = sh.NameSpace(ZipFile);

df.CopyHere(sf, 0);  //Consult help for options.

}

private void PrepareEmptyZipFile(string ZipFile)

{

byte[] b = new byte[22];

Array.Clear(b, 0, 22);

Array.Copy(new byte[] { 80, 75, 5, 6 }, b, 4);

System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes(ZipFile, b);

}

Answer 3

If u are using .net 2.0 u can use sharpziplib. its an open source component.
http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SharpZipLib/

Answer 4

 There are many sources.

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AlexB

Answer 5

Hello!
We once faced the similar situation where I have to zip and unzip directory to store and retrieve from Database. What we did is that we use Open Source Solution i.e. #ZipLib (Pronounced as SharpZipLib) which is a Zip, GZip, Tar and BZip2 library written entirely in C# for the .NET platform. 

Please visit the its website to download library.