using System;
using System.IO;
using ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.Zip;

class CreateZipFile
{
	public static void Main(string[] args)
	{
		// Perform some simple parameter checking.  More could be done
		// like checking the target file name is ok, disk space, and lots
		// of other things, but for a demo this covers some obvious traps.
		if (args.Length < 2) {
			Console.WriteLine("Usage: CreateZipFile Path ZipFile");
			return;
		}

		if (!Directory.Exists(args[0])) {
			Console.WriteLine("Cannot find directory '{0}'", args[0]);
			return;
		}

		try {
			// Depending on the directory this could be very large and would require more attention
			// in a commercial package.
			string[] filenames = Directory.GetFiles(args[0]);

			// 'using' statements guarantee the stream is closed properly which is a big source
			// of problems otherwise.  Its exception safe as well which is great.
			using (ZipOutputStream s = new ZipOutputStream(File.Create(args[1])))
			{

				s.SetLevel(9); // 0 - store only to 9 - means best compression

				byte[] buffer = new byte[4096];

				foreach (string file in filenames)
				{

					// Using GetFileName makes the result compatible with XP
					// as the resulting path is not absolute.
					var entry = new ZipEntry(Path.GetFileName(file));

					// Setup the entry data as required.

					// Crc and size are handled by the library for seakable streams
					// so no need to do them here.

					// Could also use the last write time or similar for the file.
					entry.DateTime = DateTime.Now;
					s.PutNextEntry(entry);

					using (FileStream fs = File.OpenRead(file)) {

						// Using a fixed size buffer here makes no noticeable difference for output
						// but keeps a lid on memory usage.
						int sourceBytes;
						do
						{
							sourceBytes = fs.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
							s.Write(buffer, 0, sourceBytes);
						} while (sourceBytes > 0);
					}
				}

				// Finish/Close arent needed strictly as the using statement does this automatically

				// Finish is important to ensure trailing information for a Zip file is appended.  Without this
				// the created file would be invalid.
				s.Finish();

				// Close is important to wrap things up and unlock the file.
				s.Close();
			}
		} catch (Exception ex) {
			Console.WriteLine("Exception during processing {0}", ex);

			// No need to rethrow the exception as for our purposes its handled.
		}
	}
}