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

just use following code for compressing a file.

       public void Compressfile()
        {
             string fileName = "Text.txt";
             string sourcePath = @"C:\SMSDBBACKUP";
             DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(sourcePath);
             foreach (FileInfo fi in di.GetFiles())
             {
                 //for specific file 
                 if (fi.ToString() == fileName)
                 {
                     Compress(fi);
                 }
             } 
        }

public static void Compress(FileInfo fi)
        {
            // Get the stream of the source file.
            using (FileStream inFile = fi.OpenRead())
            {
                // Prevent compressing hidden and 
                // already compressed files.
                if ((File.GetAttributes(fi.FullName)
                    & FileAttributes.Hidden)
                    != FileAttributes.Hidden & fi.Extension != ".gz")
                {
                    // Create the compressed file.
                    using (FileStream outFile =
                                File.Create(fi.FullName + ".gz"))
                    {
                        using (GZipStream Compress =
                            new GZipStream(outFile,
                            CompressionMode.Compress))
                        {
                            // Copy the source file into 
                            // the compression stream.
                            inFile.CopyTo(Compress);

                            Console.WriteLine("Compressed {0} from {1} to {2} bytes.",
                                fi.Name, fi.Length.ToString(), outFile.Length.ToString());
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }

    }