GzipArchive.ExtractToDirectory

GzipArchive.ExtractToDirectory method

Extracts content of the archive to the directory provided.

public void ExtractToDirectory(string destinationDirectory)

Parameter	Type	Description
destinationDirectory	String	The path to the directory to place the extracted files in.

exception	condition
ArgumentNullException	destinationDirectory is null.
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.
SecurityException	The caller does not have the required permission to access existing directory.
NotSupportedException	If directory does not exist, path contains a colon character (:) that is not part of a drive label (“C:").
ArgumentException	destinationDirectory is a zero-length string, contains only white space, or contains one or more invalid characters. You can query for invalid characters by using the System.IO.Path.GetInvalidPathChars method. -or- path is prefixed with, or contains, only a colon character (:).
IOException	The directory specified by path is a file. -or- The network name is not known.

If the directory does not exist, it will be created.