How to compress files

Question

I want to compress a file and a directory in C#. I found some solution in Internet but they are so complex and I couldn\'t run them in my project. Can anybody suggest me a clear

Answer 1

Source code taken from MSDN that is compatible to .Net 2.0 and above

public static void CompressFile(string path)
        {
            FileStream sourceFile = File.OpenRead(path);
            FileStream destinationFile = File.Create(path + ".gz");

            byte[] buffer = new byte[sourceFile.Length];
        sourceFile.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);

        using (GZipStream output = new GZipStream(destinationFile,
            CompressionMode.Compress))
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Compressing {0} to {1}.", sourceFile.Name,
                destinationFile.Name, false);

            output.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
        }

        // Close the files.
        sourceFile.Close();
        destinationFile.Close();
    }