Create a file then create a zip and move it to another directory

Question

I use this simple code for log files.

    private string LogFile
    {
        get
        {
            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(this.LogFile1))
            {
                string fn = "\\log.txt";
                int count = 0;
                while (File.Exists(fn))
                {
                    fn = fn + "(" + count++ + ").txt";
                }
                this.LogFile1 = fn;
            }
            return this.LogFile1;
        }
    }

How can I move every log file into another directory ( folder ) and make it archive like .zip? This will run once per and I will have one file per day.

File moving:

public static void Move()
    {
        string path = "";
        string path2 = "";
        try
        {
            if (!File.Exists(path))
            {
                using (FileStream fs = File.Create(path)) { }
            }
            if (File.Exists(path2))
                File.Delete(path2);

            File.Move(path, path2);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("The process failed: {0}", e.ToString());
        }
    }

`System.IO.File.Move` and to zip the file: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/940582/how-do-i-zip-a-file-in-c-using-no-3rd-party-apis — Julián Urbano, Apr 21 '13 at 18:21
The above code will generate a wierd filename for each iteration of the loop such as : - "\\log.txt(0).txt", "\\log.txt(0).txtlog.txt(1).txt" etc.. You may want to recheck the file name generation logic — Prahalad Deshpande, Apr 21 '13 at 18:26
@PrahaladDeshpande yeah, I know for the wired names. I'll recheck it now. It's like this because i stored all logs in one folder. And now when i will move them I can make it with normal names.. — Jason Paddle, Apr 21 '13 at 18:31

Jhonatas Kleinkauff · Answer 1 · 2013-04-21T20:14:22.197

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For move files, you can use the static method Move of File class. And for zip files, you can look at GZipStream or ZipArchive class.

edited Apr 21 '13 at 20:14

answered Apr 21 '13 at 18:20

Jhonatas Kleinkauff

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The asker wants to zip and does not ask about gzip – David Heffernan Apr 21 '13 at 18:39
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`GZipStream` compresses a single stream using GZIP. Question is about ZIP. So `ZipArchive` is what is needed. – David Heffernan Apr 21 '13 at 19:57
Your edit is no good. Take a look at it and notice the two references to GZipStream. Rather than listing links in separate lines, why not use inline links. – David Heffernan Apr 21 '13 at 20:07
Thanks again for all your sugestions! – Jhonatas Kleinkauff Apr 21 '13 at 20:15
I dont agree with that. I just post some classes that maybe he doesnt know yet. And can look what fit better to what he want to do. I guess that the fact he says .zip doesnt mean that he wants to work with ZipArchive class. But ok. And @David, remember that, if he is not using .NET framework 4.5, he cant use ZipArchive class. – Jhonatas Kleinkauff Apr 21 '13 at 20:19

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 04 '17 at 13:08

If you want windows zipping. Then check this out : https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.compression.zipfile(v=vs.110).aspx

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.IO.Compression;

namespace ConsoleApplication
{
class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string startPath = @"c:\example\start";
        string zipPath = @"c:\example\result.zip";
        string extractPath = @"c:\example\extract";

        ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(startPath, zipPath);

        ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(zipPath, extractPath);
    }
 }
}

Arzu Türkmen · Answer 3 · 2015-10-10T06:29:00.590

  // for moving
 File.Move(SourceFile, DestinationFile); // store in dateTime directory  to move file.

//method for zip file

private static void CompressFile(string path)
           {
               FileStream sourceFile = File.OpenRead(path);
               FileStream destinationFile = File.Create(path + ".gz");

               byte[] buffer = new byte[sourceFile.Length];
               sourceFile.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);

               using (GZipStream output = new GZipStream(destinationFile,
                   CompressionMode.Compress))
               {
                   Console.WriteLine("Compressing {0} to {1}.", sourceFile.Name,
                       destinationFile.Name, false);

                   output.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
               }

               // Close the files.
               sourceFile.Close();
               destinationFile.Close();
           }

Create a file then create a zip and move it to another directory

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