Zip and Unzip Files Programmatically in C#

Most of us deal with Zip files on a daily basis. Normally people use some third-party utility to create, open and extract Zip files. At times you may want to deal with Zip files programmatically. Luckily, .NET framework 4.5 introduces some new classes in System.IO.Compression namespace that allows you to do just that. Using these classes you can create new Zip files, open and modify existing Zip files and extract the contents of Zip files via code. This article examines some of these classes.

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