Compress code in C#

This blog shows how to compress the code in C# and .NET.

This blog shows on how to do a compression of a code in C#.

string fileToBeCompressed =
    "Document.doc";
string zipFilename =
    "Document.zip";

using (FileStream target =
    new FileStream(zipFilename,
        FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
using (GZipStream alg =
    new GZipStream(target, CompressionMode.Compress))
{
    byte[] data = File.ReadAllBytes(fileToBeCompressed);
    alg.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
    alg.Flush();
}