Zipping files in .NET 4.5

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I want to using Zip feature that .NET 4.5 has provided. I have got ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory and it has 3 overloads. All of those demands sourceDirectoryName and not filename directly. I want to zip only single file not entire folder. Putting it into folder is only option? Why can't I zip it without that?

Please note that there's no such thing as C# 4.5. C# is the *language* and doesn't have any knowledge of `ZipFile` etc - you meant .NET 4.5. — Jon Skeet, Oct 12 '15 at 07:55

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 12 '15 at 07:49

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Try this:

using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(@"C:\Temp\myZip.zip",FileMode.Create))
using (ZipArchive za = new ZipArchive(fs, ZipArchiveMode.Create))
{
    za.CreateEntryFromFile(@"C:\Temp\myFile.txt", "myFile.txt");
}

answered Oct 12 '15 at 07:49

Rahul Tripathi

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Thanks for reply. What is ZipArchive? – Imad Oct 12 '15 at 09:32
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@Imad:- It is a class. Check [MSDN](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.compression.ziparchive(v=vs.110).aspx): `Represents a package of compressed files in the zip archive format.` – Rahul Tripathi Oct 12 '15 at 09:33
File is created on server hard disk, how can I download it? – Imad Oct 12 '15 at 11:48
@Imad:- That is a seperate question. You can ask it by posting a new question with your attempt. – Rahul Tripathi Oct 12 '15 at 11:52

Zipping files in .NET 4.5

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