Creating Directories in a ZipArchive C# .Net 4.5

Question

A ZipArchive is a collection of ZipArchiveEntries, and adding/removing \"Entries\" works nicely. But it appears there is no notion of directories / nested \"Archives\". In t

Answer 1

I know I'm late to the party (7.25.2018),

this works flawlessly to me, even with recursive directories.

Firstly, remember to install the NuGet package:

Install-Package System.IO.Compression

And then, Extension file for ZipArchive:

 public static class ZipArchiveExtension {

     public static void CreateEntryFromAny(this ZipArchive archive, string sourceName, string entryName = "") {
         var fileName = Path.GetFileName(sourceName);
         if (File.GetAttributes(sourceName).HasFlag(FileAttributes.Directory)) {
             archive.CreateEntryFromDirectory(sourceName, Path.Combine(entryName, fileName));
         } else {
             archive.CreateEntryFromFile(sourceName, Path.Combine(entryName, fileName), CompressionLevel.Fastest);
         }
     }

     public static void CreateEntryFromDirectory(this ZipArchive archive, string sourceDirName, string entryName = "") {
         string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(sourceDirName).Concat(Directory.GetDirectories(sourceDirName)).ToArray();
         archive.CreateEntry(Path.Combine(entryName, Path.GetFileName(sourceDirName)));
         foreach (var file in files) {
             archive.CreateEntryFromAny(file, entryName);
         }
     }
 }

And then you can pack anything, whether it is file or directory:

using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream()) {
    using (var archive = new ZipArchive(memoryStream, ZipArchiveMode.Create, true)) {
        archive.CreateEntryFromAny(sourcePath);
    }
}