DirectoryInfoExtensionsCreateZipFile(DirectoryInfo, CompressionLevel, Encoding) Method

Creates a zip archive that contains the files and directories from the specified directory, using the source folder name to create the zip file, with the specified compression level and character encoding for entry name.

Definition

Namespace: DevCase.Extensions.DirectoryInfoExtensions
Assembly: DevCase.net48 (in DevCase.net48.dll) Version: 6.0.0.0 (6.0)
XMLNS for XAML: Not mapped to an xmlns.
[EditorBrowsableAttribute(EditorBrowsableState.Always)]
public static ZipArchive CreateZipFile(
	this DirectoryInfo directory,
	CompressionLevel compressionLevel,
	Encoding entryNameEncoding
)

Parameters

directory  DirectoryInfo
The source DirectoryInfo.
compressionLevel  CompressionLevel
Indicates whether to emphasize speed or compression effectiveness when creating the archive.
entryNameEncoding  Encoding
The encoding to use when reading or writing entry names in this archive.

Specify a value for this parameter only when an encoding is required for interoperability with zip archive tools and libraries that do not support UTF-8 encoding for entry names.

Return Value

ZipArchive
The created ZipArchive.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type DirectoryInfo. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

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