While working with archives from within your .NET applications, you may need to merge multiple ZIP or TAR files. For instance, you may want to extract files and folders from multiple archives and put them into a single archive. To achieve it, this article covers how to merge multiple ZIP or TAR files in C#. We will cover the merging of ZIP into ZIP, TAR into TAR, ZIP into TAR, and TAR into ZIP.
- C# API to Merge ZIP and TAR Files
- Merge Multiple ZIP Files in C#
- Merge Multiple TAR Files in C#
- Combine ZIP with TAR in C#
- Combine TAR with ZIP in C#
C# .NET API to Merge ZIP and TAR Files
To merge multiple ZIP and TAR archives, we will leverage Aspose.ZIP for .NET. It is a feature-rich .NET API that allows you to create and manipulate various popular archive formats. You can either download the API’s DLL or install it directly using NuGet.
PM> Install-Package Aspose.Zip
Merge Multiple ZIP Files in C#
Let’s start our journey of merging archives with ZIP format. We will take two ZIP archives and collect their entries into a single ZIP file. The following are the steps to merge multiple ZIP files in C#.
- Load the first ZIP file using Archive class.
- Similarly, load the second ZIP file using Archive class.
- Now, loop through the entries of first ZIP using Archive.Entries collection.
- Copy each ArchiveEntry to a MemoryStream object using ArchiveEntry.Open().CopyTo(MemoryStream) method.
- Add entry to second ZIP using Archive.CreateEntry(string, MemoryStream) method.
- Save the merged ZIP as a separate file using Archive.Save(string) method.
The following code sample shows how to merge two ZIP files in C#.
Merge Multiple TAR Files in C#
Let’s now check out how to merge multiple TAR archives in C#. The following are the steps to achieve this.
- Load the first TAR file using TarArchive class.
- Similarly, load the second TAR file using TarArchive class.
- Now, loop through the entries of first TAR using TarArchive.Entries collection.
- Copy each TarEntry to a MemoryStream object using TarEntry.Open().CopyTo(MemoryStream) method.
- Add entry to second TAR using TarArchive.CreateEntry(string, MemoryStream) method.
- Save the merged TAR using TarArchive.Save(string) method.
The following code sample shows how to merge multiple TAR files in C#.
Merge ZIP into TAR in C#
In this section, we will see how to merge a ZIP file into TAR archive in C#. The following are the steps to perform this operation.
- Load the ZIP file using Archive class.
- Load TAR file using TarArchive class.
- Now, loop through the entries of ZIP using Archive.Entries collection.
- Copy each ArchiveEntry to a MemoryStream object using ArchiveEntry.Open().CopyTo(MemoryStream) method.
- Add entry to TAR using TarArchive.CreateEntry(string, MemoryStream) method.
- Save the TAR file using TarArchive.Save(string) method.
The following code sample shows how to merge a ZIP archive into TAR.
Combine TAR with ZIP in C#
Similar to the previous example, you can merge a TAR file into ZIP. The following code sample shows how to extract files from a TAR and merge them into a ZIP.
Get a Free API License
You can use Aspose.ZIP for .NET without evaluation limitations by getting a free temporary license.
Conclusion
In this article, you have learned how to merge multiple ZIP or TAR archives programmatically in C#. Particularly, we have covered how to merge ZIP files, TAR files, ZIP into TAR, and TAR into ZIP dynamically. To explore more about Aspose.ZIP for .NET, you can visit the documentation. Also, you can post your queries to our forum.