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How to Merge several CPIO files to a single 7ZIP using C#

In order to merge several archives into one, we’ll use

Aspose.ZIP for .NET

API which is a feature-rich, powerful and easy to use archive manipulation API for C# platform. Open

NuGet

package manager, search for Aspose.ZIP and install. You may also use the following command from the Package Manager Console.

Package Manager Console Command


PM> Install-Package Aspose.Zip

Steps to Merge CPIO archives to one 7ZIP via C#

Combine several archives to another single one consist of following steps:

  1. Define full path to archives.
  2. Prepare an empty folder that will be used as intermediate storage.
  3. Using the Archive objects, extract their content to intermediate folder using its ExtractToDirectory method.
  4. Compose destination archive of desired format, supplying intermediate storage as their source.
  5. You will get merged archive having overall content of those archives.

System Requirements

Before running the merger example code, make sure that you have the following prerequisites.

  • Microsoft Windows or a compatible OS with .NET Framework, Mono and COM Interop.
  • Development environment like Microsoft Visual Studio.
  • Aspose.ZIP for .NET DLL referenced in your project.

    • Free App to Merge CPIO

    Check our live demos for CPIO merger with following benefits.

      No need to download or setup anything.
      No need to write any code.
      Just upload your CPIO archives and hit the "Merge" button.
      You will instantly get the download link for combined 7ZIP file.
    A reliable Aspose.ZIP Library that can compress, extract, encrypt, decrypt, convert and merge archives. Aspose.ZIP for .NET API allows to manipulate various archive types without without going into the underlying complexity of the compress file formats with minimum coding efforts.

    Other Supported Merge archives

    You can also combine CPIO into many other file formats including few listed below.

    CPIO TO ZIP (Zipped (compressed) Files)
    CPIO TO 7ZIP (7zip Archive)
    CPIO TO TAR.BZ2 (Burrows–Wheeler Compressor)
    CPIO TO CPIO (Copy In, Copy Out Archive)
    CPIO TO TAR.GZ (Streaming Deflate Compressor)
    CPIO TO TAR.LZ (LZMA Multi-Block Compressed Data)
    CPIO TO TAR (Tape Archive)
    CPIO TO TAR.XZ (Container for Compressed Streams)
    CPIO TO TAR.Z (LZW Compressor)