How to access a zip files contents in C#

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I want to access the contents of a zip file. eg: Say I want to read a text file inside a zip file. How would I declare the file path?

Posted 13-Apr-11 22:11pm

Codemonkey3

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.NET Framework has introduced GZipStream and DeflateStream classes for compression and decompression of streams.
Pong D. Panda have already given perfect link about GZipStream and
take a look there-[DeflateStream][^] for more details about DeflateStream

Posted 13-Apr-11 22:31pm

RaviRanjanKr

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The streams mentioned in the other solutions allow you to read and write a compressed file. A ZIP file (and other archive formats like .gz, .tar etc) are more than just a compressed file, there is a significant amount of structure and you can't just read one in with one of these streams.

I suggest that you use SharpZipLib[^]. It's open source but you're allowed to use it in a proprietary solution.

Posted 14-Apr-11 0:10am

BobJanova

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Pong D. Panda · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-13T22:14:00

Solution 1

Using google, you can find this.[^]

Posted 13-Apr-11 22:14pm

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Codemonkey3 14-Apr-11 4:24am

Thanks, Just what I was looking for :)