GzipArchive.SetSource

SetSource(Stream)

Sets the content to be compressed within the archive.

public void SetSource(Stream source)

Parameter	Type	Description
source	Stream	The input stream for the archive.

Examples

using (var archive = new GzipArchive())
{
    archive.SetSource(new MemoryStream(new byte[] { 0x00, 0xFF }));
    archive.Save("archive.gz");
}

See Also

• class GzipArchive
• namespace Aspose.Zip.Gzip
• assembly Aspose.Zip

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SetSource(FileInfo)

Sets the content to be compressed within the archive.

public void SetSource(FileInfo fileInfo)

Parameter	Type	Description
fileInfo	FileInfo	The reference to a file to be compressed.

Examples

using (var archive = new GzipArchive()) 
{
    archive.SetSource(new FileInfo("data.bin"));
    archive.Save("archive.gz");
}

See Also

• class GzipArchive
• namespace Aspose.Zip.Gzip
• assembly Aspose.Zip

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SetSource(string)

Sets the content to be compressed within the archive.

public void SetSource(string path)

Parameter	Type	Description
path	String	Path to file to be compressed.

Exceptions

exception	condition
ArgumentNullException	path is null.
SecurityException	The caller does not have the required permission to access.
ArgumentException	The path is empty, contains only white spaces, or contains invalid characters.
UnauthorizedAccessException	Access to file path is denied.
PathTooLongException	The specified path, file name, or both exceed the system-defined maximum length. For example, on Windows-based platforms, paths must be less than 248 characters, and file names must be less than 260 characters.
NotSupportedException	File at path contains a colon (:) in the middle of the string.

Examples

Open an archive from file by path and extract it to a MemoryStream

using (var archive = new GzipArchive()) 
{
    archive.SetSource("data.bin");
    archive.Save("archive.gz");
}

See Also

• class GzipArchive
• namespace Aspose.Zip.Gzip
• assembly Aspose.Zip

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SetSource(TarArchive)

Sets the content to be compressed within the archive.

public void SetSource(TarArchive tarArchive)

Parameter	Type	Description
tarArchive	TarArchive	Tar archive to be compressed.

Remarks

Use this method to compose joint tar.gz archive.

Examples

using (var tarArchive = new TarArchive())
{
    tarArchive.CreateEntry("first.bin", "data1.bin");
    tarArchive.CreateEntry("second.bin", "data2.bin");
    using (var gzippedArchive = new GzipArchive())
    {
           gzippedArchive.SetSource(tarArchive);
           gzippedArchive.Save("archive.tar.gz");
    }
}

See Also

• class TarArchive
• class GzipArchive
• namespace Aspose.Zip.Gzip
• assembly Aspose.Zip