SevenZipArchive.ExtractToDirectory

SevenZipArchive.ExtractToDirectory method

Extracts all the files in the archive to the directory provided.

public void ExtractToDirectory(string destinationDirectory, string password = null)

Parameter	Type	Description
destinationDirectory	String	The path to the directory to place the extracted files in.
password	String	Optional password for content decryption.

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 the existing directory.
NotSupportedException	If the directory does not exist, the 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.
InvalidDataException	The archive is corrupted.
ObjectDisposedException	Archive has been disposed and cannot be used.
OperationCanceledException	In .NET Framework 4.0 and above: Thrown when the extraction is canceled via the provided cancellation token.

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

password is used for content decryption only. If file names are encrypted provide password in SevenZipArchive, SevenZipArchive, SevenZipArchive or SevenZipArchive constructor.

using (var archive = new SevenZipArchive("archive.7z")) 
{ 
   archive.ExtractToDirectory("C:\extracted");
}