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Asked: 2026-05-15T17:29:59+00:00

I want to zip a file using PZKip in C# .net. I am using

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I want to zip a file using PZKip in C# .net. I am using VS 2008. Can any one of you please help me with a C# .net code example.

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    When you say PKZip, does that mean you actually have the executable and you want to use that to ZIP a file? If that’s the case, you can call the EXE through C# rather easily:

    ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("pkzip.exe", "output.zip /add file1.txt file2.jpg file3.png");
startInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;    // Let's not show the DOS box

// Execute the process
Process zipProcess = Process.Start(startInfo);
zipProcess.WaitForExit();

    I don’t know what the parameters, specifically, are for pkzip, but you can probably figure that out quite easily.

    Now, if on the other hand you’re asking about how to compress a file programmatically in C# to ZIP format, I would recommend you grab SharpZipLib. It supports several formats, including Zip, Gzip, BZip2, and Tar. It comes with sample code and it’s open source.

    You can grab it here: http://www.icsharpcode.net/opensource/sharpziplib/

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