CabArchive.CreateEntries

CreateEntries(DirectoryInfo, bool)

Adds to the archive all files, recursively, from the specified directory.

public CabArchive CreateEntries(DirectoryInfo directory, bool includeRootDirectory = true)

Parameter	Type	Description
directory	DirectoryInfo	Directory to compress.
includeRootDirectory	Boolean	Indicates whether to include the root directory name in entry paths.

Return Value

The current CabArchive instance.

Exceptions

exception	condition
ArgumentNullException	directory is null.
ObjectDisposedException	Archive has been disposed and cannot be used.
DirectoryNotFoundException	directory cannot be found.
SecurityException	The caller does not have the required permission to access directory or its content.
UnauthorizedAccessException	Access to directory or one of its files is denied.
IOException	An I/O error occurs while accessing directory.
PathTooLongException	A generated entry path exceeds the system-defined maximum length.
InvalidOperationException	The archive is prepared for extraction and cannot add entries.

Examples

using (var archive = new CabArchive())
{
    var directory = new DirectoryInfo("logs");
    archive.CreateEntries(directory);
    archive.Save("logs.cab");
}

See Also

• class CabArchive
• namespace Aspose.Zip.Cab
• assembly Aspose.Zip

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CreateEntries(string, bool)

Adds to the archive all files recursively from the specified directory path.

public CabArchive CreateEntries(string sourceDirectory, bool includeRootDirectory = true)

Parameter	Type	Description
sourceDirectory	String	Directory path to compress.
includeRootDirectory	Boolean	Indicates whether to include the root directory name in entry paths.

Return Value

The current CabArchive instance.

Exceptions

exception	condition
ObjectDisposedException	Archive has been disposed and cannot be used.
ArgumentNullException	sourceDirectory is null.
DirectoryNotFoundException	sourceDirectory cannot be found.
SecurityException	The caller does not have the required permission to access sourceDirectory.
UnauthorizedAccessException	Access to sourceDirectory is denied.
PathTooLongException	The specified sourceDirectory exceeds the system-defined maximum length.
ArgumentException	sourceDirectory is empty, contains only white spaces, or contains invalid characters.
IOException	An I/O error occurs while accessing sourceDirectory.
InvalidOperationException	The archive is prepared for extraction and cannot add entries.

Examples

using (var archive = new CabArchive(new CabEntrySettings(new CabStoreCompressionSettings())))
{
    archive.CreateEntries("data", includeRootDirectory: false);
    archive.Save("stored_data.cab");
}

See Also

• class CabArchive
• namespace Aspose.Zip.Cab
• assembly Aspose.Zip