GZipStream works but extension is lost

Question

I am using following code to zip a file and it works fine but when I decompress with WinRar I get the original file name without the extension, any clue why if filename is myReport.xls when I decompress I get only myReport ?

using (var fs = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open))
{
    byte[] input = new byte[fs.Length];
    fs.Read(input, 0, input.Length);
    fs.Close();

    using (var fsOutput = new FileStream(zipName, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
    using(var zip = new GZipStream(fsOutput, CompressionMode.Compress))
    {
        zip.Write(input, 0, input.Length);
        zip.Close();
        fsOutput.Close();
    }
}

Answer 1

GZip only compresses one file - without knowing the name. Therefore if you compress the file myReport.xls you should name it myReport.xls.gz. On decompression the last file extension will be removed so you end up with the original filename.

That its the way how it is used in Unix/Linux for ages...

Answer 2

Very weird indeed. A brief search came up with the following:

http://dotnetzip.codeplex.com/discussions/268293

Which says that GZipStream has no way of knowing the name of the stream that is being written, and suggests you set the FileName property directly.

Hope that helps.