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SharpZipLib
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Version
0.5
#ziplib (pronounced SharpZipLib) is a free, open-
source compression library for the .NET Framework.
Data can be handled using the following formats:
· Zip: This format archives multiple files into one
file and compresses the results. Uses the deflate
algorithm.
· Gzip: This format is often used in Unix and GNU
Linux. It does not archive multiple files, so it is
frequently used in conjunction with the ‘tar’ command.
Also uses the deflate algorithm.
· Tar (“Tape archive”): Archives a set of files and
directories into one file. It does not compress the
files. Often used in conjunction with gzip to compress.
· Bzip2: This uses the same file format as gzip, but a
different compression algorithm, called BWT. Produces
better compression than gzip, but is much slower.
SharpZipLib also computes checksums. Ported to .NET
from the GNU Classpath ZIP library for Java, the
developer, ic#code, wrote the library entirely in C#.
Because it is a strong-named assembly, it can be
shared with other applications or used in other
projects when registered in the Global Assembly Cache
(GAC).
The library currently lacks Zip file
splitting/spanning, can’t create custom self-
extracting Zip files, and can’t read or write files to
memory.
The project for the library included in the download
is intended to be opened in ic#code’s own IDE,
#develop (SharpDevelop), which, although a work in
progress, gives programmers a free Windows Forms
designer similar to VS.NET, for C# and VB.NET. The
library and its source code are distributed under the
GNU General Public License, with an exception.
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