Tie::Gzip 0.06

Tie::Gzip is a Perl module that can read and write gzip compressed files.

SYNOPSIS

require Tie::Gzip;

tie filehandle, Tie::Gzip
tie filehandle, Tie::Gzip, mode, filename
tie filehandle, Tie::Gzip, filename

tie filehandle, Tie::Gzip, %options
tie filehandle, Tie::Gzip, mode, filename, %options
tie filehandle, Tie::Gzip, filename, %options

tie filehandle, Tie::Gzip, @options
tie filehandle, Tie::Gzip, mode, filename, @options
tie filehandle, Tie::Gzip, filename, @options

The Tie::Gzip module provides a file handle Tie for compressing and uncompressing files using the gzip compression format.

By tieing a filehandle to Tie::Gzip subsequent uses of the file subroutines with the tied filehandle will compress data written to an opened file using gzip compression and decompress data read from an opened file using gzip compression.

If the Tie::Gzip tie receives a filename or mode filename after completing the tie, Tie::Gzip will open filename.

During the tie, Tie::Gzip will first try to load the Compress::Zlib module and package. If successful, Tie::Gzip uses the Compress::Zlib for compressing and decompressing the file data.