Listing the contents of a gzipped file with QuickGZip

This topic demonstrates how to list the contents of a gzipped file using the static GetGZipContents method of the QuickGZip class.

Note: QuickGZip is not currently available in Xceed's Compact Framework products.

GetGZipContents method

There is only one version of the GetGZipContents method. The method returns a QuickGZipItem object, which you can process as you wish.

To list the contents of a gzipped file, the following steps must be performed:

Declare a QuickGZipItem object that will contain the result of the call to the GetGZipContents method.
Process the returned QuickGZipItem object.

In the following example, we specify the gzipped file whose contents will be listed.

VB.NET Copy Code

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`Imports Xceed.GZip` `Dim item As QuickGZipItem = QuickGZip.GetGZipContents("d:\test.gz")` `Console.WriteLine("The item's full name is {0}", item.FullName)`

Imports Xceed.GZip

Dim item As QuickGZipItem = QuickGZip.GetGZipContents("d:\test.gz")

Console.WriteLine("The item's full name is {0}", item.FullName)

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`using Xceed.GZip;` `QuickGZipItem item = QuickGZip.GetGZipContents(@"d:\test.gz");` `Console.WriteLine("The item's full name is {0}", item.FullName);`

using Xceed.GZip;

QuickGZipItem item = QuickGZip.GetGZipContents(@"d:\test.gz");

Console.WriteLine("The item's full name is {0}", item.FullName);

The main questions you should ask yourself when listing the contents of a gzipped file are:

Do you want to do more complex GZip operations? Use the FileSystem-based classes defined within the Xceed.GZip namespace.