Directory.EnableCompression Method (String, PathFormat)

DirectoryEnableCompression Method (String, PathFormat)

[AlphaFS] Enables NTFS compression of the specified directory and the files in it.

Namespace: Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem
Assembly: AlphaFS (in AlphaFS.dll) Version: 2.0

Syntax

public static void EnableCompression(
	string path,
	PathFormat pathFormat
)

Public Shared Sub EnableCompression ( 
	path As String,
	pathFormat As PathFormat
)

public:
static void EnableCompression(
	String^ path, 
	PathFormat pathFormat
)

static member EnableCompression : 
        path : string * 
        pathFormat : PathFormat -> unit

Parameters

path: Type: SystemString
A path to a directory to compress.
pathFormat: Type: Alphaleonis.Win32.FilesystemPathFormat
Indicates the format of the path parameter(s).

Remarks

This method enables the directory-compression attribute. It will not compress the current contents of the directory. However, newly created files and directories will be compressed.

Reference

Directory Class

EnableCompression Overload

Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem Namespace