SharpLibZip: Add file without path

Question

I\'m using the following code, using the SharpZipLib library, to add files to a .zip file, but each file is being stored with its full path. I need to only store the file, in t

Answer 1

The MSDN entry for Directory.GetFiles() states that The returned file names are appended to the supplied path parameter. (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/07wt70x2.aspx), so the strings you are passing to zipFile.Add() contain the path.

According to the SharpZipLib documentation, there is an overload of the Add method,

public void Add(string fileName, string entryName) 
Parameters:
  fileName(String) The name of the file to add.
  entryName (String) The name to use for the ZipEntry on the Zip file created.

Try this approach:

string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(folderPath);
using (ZipFile zipFile = ZipFile.Create(zipFilePath))
{
     zipFile.BeginUpdate();
     foreach (string file in files)
     {
          zipFile.Add(file, Path.GetFileName(file));
     }
     zipFile.CommitUpdate();
}