Compress a single file using C#

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Use the CreateEntryFromFile off a an archive and use a file or memory stream:

Using a filestream if you are fine creating the zip file and then adding to it:

using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(@"C:\Temp\output.zip",FileMode.Create))
using (ZipArchive arch = new ZipArchive(fs, ZipArchiveMode.Create))
{
    arch.CreateEntryFromFile(@"C:\Temp\data.xml", "data.xml");
}

Or if you need to do everything in memory and write the file once it is done, use a memory stream:

using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
using (ZipArchive arch = new ZipArchive(ms, ZipArchiveMode.Create))
{
    arch.CreateEntryFromFile(@"C:\Temp\data.xml", "data.xml");
}

Then you can write the MemoryStream to a file.

using (FileStream file = new FileStream("file.bin", FileMode.Create, System.IO.FileAccess.Write)) {
   byte[] bytes = new byte[ms.Length];
   ms.Read(bytes, 0, (int)ms.Length);
   file.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
   ms.Close();
}

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