How to set limit size of zip file

Currently, i have been develop a zip project that need to set a limit size while zipping process and set the process to be auto run smoothly based on the limit size. For example, firstly we must analyze the total size of the data and then set the first file to be zipped as 200GB for the limit space then it will still execute the second file continuously based on the limit size. Can anyone shared idea/solution.

Below are my code.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading;
using Ionic.Zip;
namespace Zip_Test
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
private bool isFolder = false;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void btn_zip_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(txtbox_folder.Text))
{
MessageBox.Show("PLEASE SELECT A FOLDER OR FILE TO BE ZIP");
return;
}
else
{
SaveFileDialog sfd = new SaveFileDialog();
sfd.InitialDirectory = @"C:\";
sfd.Filter = "Zip Files|*.zip;*.rar";
sfd.FilterIndex = 0;
sfd.RestoreDirectory = true;
sfd.Title = "SAVE ZIP FILE TO";
sfd.FileName = "ZIP FILE " + DateTime.Now.ToString("dd-MMMM-yyyy hh.mm.ss tt");
if (sfd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
if (isFolder == true)
{
//ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(txt_folderPath.Text, sfd.FileName);
string path = txtbox_folder.Text;
Thread thread = new Thread(t =>
{
using (Ionic.Zip.ZipFile zip = new Ionic.Zip.ZipFile())
{
zip.AddDirectory(path);
System.IO.DirectoryInfo di = new System.IO.DirectoryInfo(path);
//zip.SaveProgress += Zip_SaveProgress;
zip.Save(string.Format("{0}\\{1}.zip", di.Parent.FullName, di.Name));
}
}) { IsBackground = true };
thread.Start();
}
else
{
string fileName = txtbox_folder.Text;
Thread thread = new Thread(t =>
{
using (Ionic.Zip.ZipFile zip = new Ionic.Zip.ZipFile())
{
FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(fileName);
zip.AddFile(fileName);
System.IO.DirectoryInfo di = new System.IO.DirectoryInfo(fileName);
//zip.SaveProgress += Zip_SaveFileProgress;
zip.Save(string.Format("{0}/{1}.zip", di.Parent.FullName, di.Name));
}
}) { IsBackground = true };
thread.Start();
// string[] files = txt_folderPath.Text.Split(',');
//ZipArchive zip = ZipFile.Open(sfd.FileName, ZipArchiveMode.Create);
// foreach (string file in files)
//{
//zip.CreateEntryFromFile(file, Path.GetFileName(file), CompressionLevel.Optimal);
//}
}
MessageBox.Show("ZIP file created successfully!");
}
else
{
return;
}
}
}
private void btn_folder_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
FolderBrowserDialog fbd = new FolderBrowserDialog();
fbd.ShowNewFolderButton = true;
if (fbd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
btn_reset.Enabled = true;
txtbox_folder.Text = fbd.SelectedPath;
isFolder = true;
if (Directory.GetFiles(txtbox_folder.Text).Length > 0)
{
foreach (string file in Directory.GetFiles(txtbox_folder.Text))
{
//Add file in ListBox.
listBox1.Items.Add(file);
}
}
//string[] filePaths = Directory.GetFiles(txt_folderPath.Text, "*.*", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly);
//for (int i = 0; i < filePaths.Length; i++)
//{
// listBox1.Items.Add(filePaths[i]);
//}
}
else
{
return;
}
}
private void btn_reset_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
txtbox_folder.Text = null;
listBox1.Items.Clear();
btn_reset.Enabled = false;
}
private void listBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
}
}

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Amit Gupta8y ago
Go through the link that help you to achieve your task

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10815633/dotnetzip-calculate-final-zip-size-before-calling-savestream-in-c-sharp

Please try to take advantage of Google first.
Rajesh Gami8y ago
You likely will need to update your maxRequestLength within your web.config to handle files and uploads that are large (as the default limit is often 4MB).
<configuration>
      <system.web>

            <httpRuntime maxRequestLength="1048576" timeout="3600" />
      system.web>
configuration>


<system.webServer>
      <security>
            <requestFiltering>

                  <requestLimits maxAllowedContentLength="1048576000" />
            requestFiltering>
       security>
system.webServer>