Zipping files/folders and then delete the source.

C# .NET Framework 4.51

In my console application, I want to zip a single file or folder and then delete the source.

For this purpose, I use the ZipFile object for zipping folders and ZipArchive object for zipping files.

The problem is that after zip, I have an exception when I delete the source, because folders or files are in use, so I have resolved with asynchronous programming using a Task object (and arguments) with Async and Await.

private async void ExecuteCommand()

        {

…

// Arguments for async task.

var arguments = new List<string> {zipOutput, sourceName, internalOperation};

var returnedTask = DoTaskAsync(arguments);

bool taskResult = await returnedTask;

if (taskResult)

{

    if (internalOperation.Equals("folder"))

    {

        // Remove the read-only attribute.

        var di = new DirectoryInfo(destinationRepositoryName);

        foreach (var file in di.GetFiles("*", SearchOption.AllDirectories))

            file.Attributes &= ~FileAttributes.ReadOnly;

            Directory.Delete(sourceName, true);

     }

     else

         File.Delete(sourceName);

     Console.WriteLine(Environment.NewLine);

     Console.WriteLine("End zipping file -> " + zipOutput);

 }

…

}

// Signature specifies Task<TResult>

private async Task<bool> DoTaskAsync(IReadOnlyList<string> arguments)

{

    try

    {

         Console.WriteLine(Environment.NewLine);

         if (arguments != null)

         {

             Console.WriteLine("Create zipping file -> " + arguments[0]);

                   

             if (arguments[2].Equals("folder"))

                 ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(arguments[1], arguments[0], CompressionLevel.Fastest, true);

             else

             {

                 using (var archive = ZipFile.Open(arguments[0], ZipArchiveMode.Create))

                 {

                     var fileInfo = new FileInfo(arguments[1]);

                     archive.CreateEntryFromFile(arguments[1], fileInfo.Name);

                 }

              }

              return true;

         }

         Console.WriteLine("Can't create zip file because arguments are null.");

               

         return false;

     }

     catch (Exception ex)

     {

         return false;

     }

 }

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