c# Adding Directory.GetFiles to Zip File

Question

I have lots of logs in a folder, I would like to only grab files that have todays date and put them in the zip file.

Here is my code:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    //Specify todays date
    DateTime todaysDate = DateTime.Today;

    //Create a zip file with the name logs + todays date
    string zipPath = @"C:\Users\Desktop\ZIP\logs" + todaysDate.ToString("yyyyMMdd") + ".zip";
    string myPath = @"C:\Users\Desktop\LOG SEARCH";

    var files = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(myPath, "*" + todaysDate.ToString("yyyyMMdd") + "*");

    foreach (var file in files)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(file);
    }
}

How do I zip files ?

no i need for this to happen in `foreach` I am getting the list of files, that I need now I just need to add them to the zip file. — Tony, Jul 06 '17 at 18:18
I think this is what you want: https://stackoverflow.com/a/22339337/424129 -- see the comments as well — 15ee8f99-57ff-4f92-890c-b56153, Jul 06 '17 at 18:19

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 06 '17 at 18:33

So what you can do is create a temporary folder and then add each file that matches the current date in it. Once that's done you can ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory and then delete the temporary folder

DateTime todaysDate = DateTime.Today;

//Create a zip file with the name logs + todays date
string zipPath = @"C:\Users\Desktop\ZIP\logs" + todaysDate.ToString("yyyyMMdd") + ".zip";
string myPath = @"C:\Users\Desktop\LOG SEARCH";

string tempPath = @"C:\Users\Desktop\ZIP\logs" + todaysDate.ToString("yyyyMMdd");

var files = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(myPath, "*" + todaysDate.ToString("yyyyMMdd") + "*");

Directory.CreateDirectory(tempPath);

foreach (var file in files)
{
    File.Copy(file, tempPath + @"\" + System.IO.Path.GetFileName(file));
}

ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(tempPath, zipPath);

Directory.Delete(tempPath, true);

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 06 '17 at 18:17

0

You need to use System.IO.Compression; and use

 ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(myPath, zipPath);

answered Jul 06 '17 at 18:17

Urvil Shah

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this will grab all the files in the directory, I only want specific ones – Tony Jul 06 '17 at 18:20
Probably you looking for :https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27550413/how-to-zip-selected-files-not-all-the-files-in-a-directory-in-c-sharp – Urvil Shah Jul 06 '17 at 18:23
this is a different solution. I need to recreated my whole program – Tony Jul 06 '17 at 18:24

c# Adding Directory.GetFiles to Zip File

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