Compresses a file using standard zlib compression. A "z" is added to the extension for the compressed file. - CSharp System.IO.Compression

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Description

Compresses a file using standard zlib compression. A "z" is added to the extension for the compressed file.

Demo Code


using System.IO.Compression;
using System.IO;//from  ww  w. j ava2s . com

public class Main{
        /// <summary>
        /// Compresses a file using standard zlib compression. 
        /// A "z" is added to the extension for the compressed file.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="source">The source.</param>
        public static void Compress(string source)
        {
            var ext = Path.GetExtension(source);
            var infile = File.OpenRead(source);
            byte[] input = new byte[infile.Length];
            infile.Read(input, 0, input.Length);
            infile.Close();

            var dest = Path.ChangeExtension(source, ext + "z");
            var outfile = File.OpenWrite(dest);
            var zip = new GZipStream(outfile, CompressionMode.Compress);
            zip.Write(input, 0, input.Length);
            zip.Close();
            outfile.Close();
        }
}

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