zip files using C#

[Mike]

Is it possible to read a directory and zip the files within that directory using C#?
What I'm trying to do is, create a process (windows service, console app, etc) that will read a directory that stores log files. I want to then take all the log files that are 6 months or older and zip them automatically.

So if the job ran today, It would look for files that are 6 months old and older from today and zip them and then move that zip file into an archive folder. I would like this to run on a weekly basis which I would schedule via windows task scheduler. Is this something that can be done using C#?

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There is a .net library for this called sharpziplib available at
http://icsharpcode.net/. It works quite well.
"Mike" wrote:

Is it possible to read a directory and zip the files within that directory using C#?
What I'm trying to do is, create a process (windows service, console app, etc) that will read a directory that stores log files. I want to then take all the log files that are 6 months or older and zip them automatically.

So if the job ran today, It would look for files that are 6 months old and older from today and zip them and then move that zip file into an archive folder. I would like this to run on a weekly basis which I would schedule via windows task scheduler. Is this something that can be done using C#?

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This article shows how to use SharpZipLib to traverse a folder tree, gather
and zip files, and pretty much do most of what you are asking for:
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20041210.asp

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"Mike" wrote:

Is it possible to read a directory and zip the files within that directory using C#?
What I'm trying to do is, create a process (windows service, console app, etc) that will read a directory that stores log files. I want to then take all the log files that are 6 months or older and zip them automatically.

So if the job ran today, It would look for files that are 6 months old and older from today and zip them and then move that zip file into an archive folder. I would like this to run on a weekly basis which I would schedule via windows task scheduler. Is this something that can be done using C#?