Is it possible to zip a directory on FTP server using C#.Net

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I have lots of files to download from Ftp server.
So I listing them first and then download one by one but its so time consuming.

What I want it is, Make zip of the directory containing all files and download it

So Is it possible to zip a directory in Ftp Server using C#.Net?

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No it is not possible. It is not possible to run a program (zip packer) on the server using FTP. FTP protocol simply doesn't have such feature.

However, if FTP server supports it (ZLIB), Ftp.dll use compression for all transfers.

You can check if compression is used using Ftp.UsesCompression property.

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