IO::Filter::bzip2 - BZip2 compression filter


NAME

IO::Filter::bzip2 - BZip2 compression filter


SYNOPSIS

  use IO::Filter::bzip2;
  $io = ...; # any IO handle
  $fio = new IO::Filter::bzip2 ($io, "r");
  # then you can read bzip2-compressed bytes from $fio
  $io = ...; # any IO handle
  $fio = new IO::Filter::bzip2 ($io, "w");
  # write bytes to $fio, they are written bzipped to $io


DESCRIPTION


METHODS

$fio = new IO::Filter::bzip2 ($io, $mode);


BUGS


FILES


AUTHORS

Richard Jones (rich@annexia.org)


COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2001 Richard Jones (rich@annexia.org)


SEE ALSO

the IO::Filter(3) manpage, perl(1).

 IO::Filter::bzip2 - BZip2 compression filter