IO::Filter::gzip - GZip compression filter

NAME

IO::Filter::gzip - GZip compression filter

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

METHODS

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

BUGS

This should use Compress::Zlib instead of an external program.

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::gzip - GZip compression filter