ZipArchive.AddDirectory(String) Method

Recursively add files and directories to the archive directory named by the last component of the specified path.

Namespace: DevExpress.Compression

Assembly: DevExpress.Docs.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Document.Processor

Declaration

C#

public ZipDirectoryItem AddDirectory(
    string path
)

VB.NET

Public Function AddDirectory(
    path As String
) As ZipDirectoryItem

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
path	String	A string that is the path to a directory which will be recursively included in the archive.

Returns

Type	Description
ZipDirectoryItem	A ZipDirectoryItem that is the zip item container for the directory. Currently, the method always returns null.

Remarks

The AddDirectory recursively collects all files and folders starting from the folder specified by the path parameter. The tree of directories and files is added to the archive directory named by the last component of a specified path.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

zip-compression-and-archive-api-examples/CS/CompressionLibraryExamples/ZipExamples.cs#L24

using (ZipArchive archive = new ZipArchive()) {
    archive.AddDirectory(path);
    archive.Save("Documents\\ArchiveDirectory.zip");

VB.NET

zip-compression-and-archive-api-examples/VB/CompressionLibraryExamples/ZipExamples.vb#L26

Using archive As New ZipArchive()
    archive.AddDirectory(path)
    archive.Save("Documents\ArchiveDirectory.zip")