Tar (on Windows) list of files in C #

Then I pass tar and then gzip the list of files in C #.

I need help on how to set the arguments to tar.

Let's say I have tar.exe in c: \ tar \ tar.exe folder and a method like the following:

    private void RunTar(string outputFileName, List<string> fileNamePaths)
    {
        using (Process p = new Process())
        {
            p.StartInfo.FileName = @"c:\tar\tar.exe";
            p.StartInfo.Arguments = //;
            p.Start();
            p.WaitForExit();
        }
    }

      

        
        
        
      

    

Note. The fileNamePathsToTar list contains full paths to filenames, and files can be in different folders.

Can anyone help with what the arguments for the supply are.

Also I notice in the documentation:

-z, --gzip, --ungzip
          filter the archive through gzip

   -Z, --compress, --uncompress
          filter the archive through compress

   --use-compress-program=PROG
          filter through PROG (must accept -d)

      

        
        
        
      

    

Not sure how to use this, but if I put gzip.exe in the same folder as tar.exe , can I execute my tar and then gzip those files in one step ?

Update

I think I can get tar to work with files in the same directory as tar.exe if I try the full pathname. I am getting something like:

    C:\Tar Test>tar -cf out.tar c:/Tar Test/Text/t1.txt
tar: Cannot add file c:/Tar: No such file or directory
tar: Cannot add file Test/Text/t1.txt: No such file or directory
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

      

        
        
        
      

    

I've tried using forward slashes \ and / and with quotes all the way around with no joy.

thank