C#

Zip a Directory Tree

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Demonstrates how to zip an entire directory tree into a .zip archive. C#

bool success = false;

//  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
//  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Chilkat.Zip zip = new Chilkat.Zip();

success = zip.NewZip("test.zip");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Append a directory tree.  The call to AppendFiles does
//  not read the file contents or append them to the zip
//  object in memory.  It simply appends references
//  to the files so that when WriteZip or WriteZipAndClose 
//  is called, the referenced files are streamed and compressed
//  into the .zip output file.

bool recurse = true;
success = zip.AppendFiles("c:/temp/a/*",recurse);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

success = zip.WriteZipAndClose();
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("Zip Created!");