how to zip a directory c# code example

Example: c# zip a file

using System;
using System.IO.Compression;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string startPath = @".\start";
        string zipPath = @".\result.zip";
        string extractPath = @".\extract";

        ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(startPath, zipPath);

        ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(zipPath, extractPath);
    }
}