To compress a folder with tar

private void CreateTar(string outputTarFilename, string sourceDirectory)
   {
       Response.ClearContent();
       Response.ClearHeaders();
       Response.Clear();
       Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + outputTarFilename);
       Response.ContentType = "application/tar";

       using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(outputTarFilename, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None))
       using (Stream gzipStream = new GZipOutputStream(fs))
       using (TarArchive tarArchive = TarArchive.CreateOutputTarArchive(gzipStream))
       {
           AddDirectoryFilesToTar(tarArchive, sourceDirectory, true);

       }



   }
   private void AddDirectoryFilesToTar(TarArchive tarArchive, string sourceDirectory, bool recurse)
   {
       try
       {
           // Recursively add sub-folders
           if (recurse)
           {
               string[] directories = Directory.GetDirectories(sourceDirectory);
               foreach (string directory in directories)
                   AddDirectoryFilesToTar(tarArchive, directory, recurse);
           }

           // Add files
           string[] filenames = Directory.GetFiles(sourceDirectory);
           foreach (string filename in filenames)
           {
               TarEntry tarEntry = TarEntry.CreateEntryFromFile(filename);
               tarArchive.WriteEntry(tarEntry, true);

           }


          // Response.Flush();
         //  Response.End();
       }
       catch (Exception ex)
       {


       }

   }