ASP.NET Windows Console Files + filename to ZIP

Question

I need to zip files from folder X to folder Y. When the files from folder X are zipped into folder Y. The files in folder X needs to be removed. The zip name must be the name of the file with the .DBS in that folder.

So I need to read whats the file name of the .DBS file is. Then I need to zip all the files in folder X to folder Y with the name: "Filename" (this is the same as the .DBS file) If the files are zipped and well in folder Y they need to be removed from folder X.

The code that I got at the moment will move the files of folder X too Y. So this is a start. My question is how can I get the name of the file too be the zip folder name.

Code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.IO;
using System.IO.Compression;

namespace Ramasoftzipper
{
class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {


        string fileName = @"160001.DBS";
        string sourcePath = @"C:\RMExport";
        string targetPath = @"C:\Exportrm";
        string sourceFile = System.IO.Path.Combine(sourcePath, fileName);
        string destFile = System.IO.Path.Combine(targetPath, fileName);
        string startPath = @"C:\RMExport";
        string zipPath = (fileName);
        string extractPath = @"C:\Exportrm";


        if (!System.IO.Directory.Exists(targetPath))
        {
            System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(targetPath);
        }


        System.IO.File.Copy(sourceFile, destFile, true);


        if (System.IO.Directory.Exists(sourcePath))
        {
            string[] files = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(sourcePath);


            foreach (string s in files)
            {

                fileName = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(s);
                destFile = System.IO.Path.Combine(targetPath, fileName);
                System.IO.File.Copy(s, destFile, true);
                ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(startPath, zipPath);
                ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(zipPath, extractPath);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Source path does not exist!");



        }
    }
}
}

Thanks in advance.

string[] files = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(path, "*.DBS"); this will retrieve all the filenames that have a .DBS extension. Is that what you need ? — bkaf
– bkaf, Commented Nov 16, 2016 at 7:34
@bkaf yes thats what I need but my zip code still isnt working. Do you know what I should do to fix that? — mrminer
– mrminer, Commented Nov 16, 2016 at 7:36
@bkaf where should I place: string[] files = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(startPath, "*.DBS"); In my code? — mrminer
– mrminer, Commented Nov 16, 2016 at 7:39

Grey · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-16 09:57:43Z

2

(only explaining this much because I know you and you need to learn this stuff, yo :P)

you could try something like this, read comments in code for more info, this code is only showing you how to zip all files in a folder, try the next step of adding certain extentions yourself

//files to zip, you can also use the same method as above to let the user determine what path to zip
string path = @"C:\Users\WsLocal.NL-ROE2-W297\Pictures";            
string zipPath = @"C:\Users\WsLocal.NL-ROE2-W297\Desktop\zip\result.zip";            

//zip files
ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(path, zipPath);
string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(path);

//some debugging
foreach (string filePath in files)
{
    Console.WriteLine(filePath);
}
//wait untill user presses enter
Console.ReadLine();

[EDIT]

setting the name of the zip file to a file name:

replace

string zipPath = @"C:\Users\WsLocal.NL-ROE2-W297\Desktop\zip\result.zip";

with

//get all files from directory decladed by path
string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(path);
//select the 1st one and delete the folder information so just the file name is left with it's extention
string zipName = files[0].Replace(path, "");

//delete the extention
int index = zipName.IndexOf(".");
if (index > 0)
     zipName = zipName.Substring(0, index);

//assemble the zip location with the generated file name         
string zipPath = @"C:\Users\WsLocal.NL-ROE2-W297\Desktop\zip\"+ zipName + ".zip";

and delete

string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(path);

under

//zip files
ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(path, zipPath);

edited Nov 16, 2016 at 9:57

answered Nov 16, 2016 at 9:11

Grey

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mrminer Over a year ago

Hey Luuk, How can I give the zip file the name from my .dbs file

mrminer Over a year ago

is there anyway how I can delete the files from the ramasoft folder if they are zipped?

mrminer Over a year ago

string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(path); gives an error. files is already defined in this scope

Grey Over a year ago

if it's already defined, delete it, rename it if you're using another path but still be able to use the other one, or remove string[] infront of files on the line where the error occurs

mrminer Over a year ago

And could u explain your code a bit so I can learn from this? especially : string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(path); string zipName = files[0].Replace(path, ""); int index = zipName.IndexOf("."); if (index > 0) zipName = zipName.Substring(0, index); string zipPath = @"C:\Users\WsLocal.NL-ROE2-W297\Desktop\zip\"+ zipName + ".zip";

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