CabArchive.ExtractToDirectory

CabArchive.ExtractToDirectory method

Extracts all the files in the archive to the directory provided.

public void ExtractToDirectory(string destinationDirectory)

Parameter	Type	Description
destinationDirectory	String	The path to the directory to place the extracted files in.

exception	condition
ArgumentNullException	path is null
PathTooLongException	The specified path, file name, or both exceed the system-defined maximum length.
SecurityException	The caller does not have the required permission to access the existing directory.
NotSupportedException	If the directory does not exist, a path contains a colon character (:) that is not part of a drive label (“C:").
ArgumentException	path is a zero-length string, contains only white space, or contains one or more invalid characters. You can query for invalid characters by using the System.IO.Path.GetInvalidPathChars method. -or- path is prefixed with, or contains, only a colon character (:).
IOException	The directory specified by path is a file. -or- The network name is not known.
InvalidDataException	The archive is corrupted.
ObjectDisposedException	Archive has been disposed and cannot be used.
OperationCanceledException	In .NET Framework 4.0 and above: Thrown when the extraction is canceled via the provided cancellation token.

If the directory does not exist, it will be created.

using (var archive = new CabArchive("archive.cab")) 
{ 
   archive.ExtractToDirectory("C:\extracted");
}