Can I use .NET to zip/compress folders/files? 1

[mbutch]

I want to write a program or service that I can schedule to zip up a folder with a bunch of files, copy it to another location and then unzip them. The file copy isn't a problem, but I haven't found anything to zip or compress a folder.

Thanks

 

[Kaysen]

I use something like this

Process unzip = new Process();
unzip.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\\gzip.exe";
unzip.StartInfo.Arguments = "-d C:\\file.gz"; '-d for decompress
unzip.Start();
unzip.WaitForExit();
int UnzipInfo = unzip.ExitCode;

gzip.exe doesn't compress folders only files, but maybe winzip32.exe does, you should give it a try

 

[mbutch]

Thanks a lot. This method works great. WinZip has a command line add-in that you can download from their site. To zip you use WZZIP.EXE and WZUNZIP.EXE to unzip.

 

[chiph]

FYI -- There is an article in next month's MSDN magazine about using J#'s compression library in C#. No need to call out to an external program.

Chip H.