Question

I have a function which zips files and downloads them to the users machine.

However, when it zips the files they are within a few folders.

For example if i want to zip a file called test.doc and it is in c:/document/the folder/test.doc

In the zipped folder there will be “document” folder and “the folder” too. I just want the document in there

here is my code…

 public FileStreamResult DownloadDocs()
    {
        MemoryStream workStream = new MemoryStream();
        ZipFile zip = new ZipFile();
        string[] fileEntries = Directory.GetFiles(Server.MapPath(SettingManager.OnlineForms));
        foreach (string fileName in fileEntries)
        {
            FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(fileName);
            string name = Server.MapPath(SettingManager.OnlineForms + fi.Name);
            zip.AddFile(name);
        }

        zip.Save(workStream);
        workStream.Position = 0;

        FileStreamResult fileResult = new FileStreamResult(workStream, System.Net.Mime.MediaTypeNames.Application.Zip);
        fileResult.FileDownloadName = "OnlineForms.zip";

        return fileResult;
    }

Answer 1

Change the line

Zip.AddFile(name);

to

Zip.AddFile(name, string.Empty);

Also you could avoid the call to get the fileinfo. The array of file names should suffice.