Compress entire folder and subfolders

[kcwallace]

Does anyone have any suggestions for compressing alll contents of a folder, and its sub-folders while maintaining the directory structure?

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SharpZipLib/Default.aspx has a free compression library that will do zip / gzip / tar archives - effectively you could create a zip file or similar from a folder.

 

[kcwallace]

thank you. ill look into it.

 

[digioz]

I have been using it for years now on both Windows and Pocket PC applications, and never had any problems with it. I highly recommend it over other zip libraries I have come across.

Pete

 

[PrOpHeT]

just so you know as well...

You can force windows to do it for you.

Now granted that provides a little less control, but if the end result is you just want a zip file...

Have a look Here

Why they did not provide some API or other interface for this with the CLR I will never know.