Zip Class

MSBuild

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Create a zip file with the files specified.

Namespace: MSBuild.Community.Tasks
Assembly: MSBuild.Community.Tasks (in MSBuild.Community.Tasks.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Class Zip Inherits Task

C#
public class Zip : Task

C++
ref class Zip : Task

J#
public class Zip extends Task

JScript
public class Zip extends Task

Example

Create a zip file

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<ItemGroup> <ZipFiles Include="*\." Exclude=".zip" /> </ItemGroup> <Target Name="Zip"> <Zip Files="@(ZipFiles)" ZipFileName="MSBuild.Community.Tasks.zip" /> </Target>

Create a zip file using a working directory.

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<ItemGroup> <RepoFiles Include="D:\svn\repo\*\.*" /> </ItemGroup> <Target Name="Zip"> <Zip Files="@(RepoFiles)" WorkingDirectory="D:\svn\repo" ZipFileName="D:\svn\repo.zip" /> </Target>

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Task
MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Zip

Thread Safety

Public static (Shared in Visual Basic)staticShared members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. Instance members are not guaranteed to be thread-safe.