Save ZipArchive to file

Question

In my application I have a class manipulating with zip archive using System.IO.Compression.ZipArchive. Now I want to save the entries of the archive to file. How can I do that? I know I can associate a Stream with archive but in my case the archive creates w/o streams and I can't change the code:

var archive = ZipFile.Open(fileName, ZipArchiveMode.Create);
// add entries
// how can I save it to file now?

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh485720(v=vs.110).aspx — Hackerman, Feb 27 '17 at 15:01
Please check this answer: [stackoverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/a/12670368/6340841) — Olexiy Dymashok, Feb 27 '17 at 15:04
Thanks guys for the answers but that not what I need. As I said I use `System.IO.Compression.ZipArchive` and I can't change it for another library. — folibis, Feb 27 '17 at 15:07
It's not clear what you're asking. Can you explain more about your use case? — Ofir Winegarten, Feb 27 '17 at 15:29

H H · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-27T17:53:35.960

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You are already 'saving it to a file', the one indicated by fileName.

To make sure everything is written and flushed, use a using :

using (var archive = ZipFile.Open(fileName, ZipArchiveMode.Create))
{
   // add entries
   ....

}  // here it is saved and closed

edited Feb 27 '17 at 17:53

answered Feb 27 '17 at 15:59

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Thanks, @Henk Holterman, you're right, I've noticed that this code creates a file. Unfortunately it's empty although I add several `ZipArchiveEntry` items. – folibis Feb 28 '17 at 06:53
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It's ok, I've found a way to do that. In my code I didn't use `using` so it looks that file just remained opened. I've added `archive.Dispose()` in my class destructor and now it work fine, archive created as expected. – folibis Feb 28 '17 at 08:21

Save ZipArchive to file

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