Any idea how I can do this? I am able to compress a single file.
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Most likely C#: [System.IO.Compression.GZipStream](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.compression.gzipstream.aspx). – cdhowie Nov 22 '10 at 14:50
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You cannot GZip an entire folder directly, since GZip operates on a single stream of data. You will first have to turn the folder into such a stream.
One way to do this would be to create a Tar archive from the directory. This will give you a single stream to work on, and since the Tar format is not compressed, GZip will usually achieve good compression ratios on Tar files.
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GZip doesn't support multiple files. They have to be combined in another container first like Tar. If you need full Zip support for C# use this library:
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