How to compress/decompress directories using GZipStream

Dean Oliver

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My alternative is to rather use a tried and tested compression api. It's simpler to use and you don't have to spend time developing helper methods to zip and unzip files.http://dotnetzip.codeplex.com/[^]Create a zip file using (ZipFile zip = new ZipFile()) { ...

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1. How to compress/decompress directories using GZipStream

25 Jan 2012Andrew Novik

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Very simple console utility to compress/decompress directories uses GZipStream from the System.IO.Compression namespace.

2. How to compress/decompress directories using GZipStream

4 Feb 2012msmits

Note this code will not unzip general zip files. It only works with files zipped according to the package standard.To unzip regular zip files, there are several components available.I've used the Windows built-in COM component "Microsoft Shell Controls And Automation" (Add Reference, COM...

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Dean Oliver

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MCTS: Web Applications Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4
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