.Z Unix Compression (LZW)

Download Chilkat Zip ActiveX (includes objects for .zip, .gz, .bz2, and .Z)

Delphi sample code to .Z compress a file using the LZW compression algorithm.

// UNIX compress compress a file.
// In this example, we create hamlet.xml.Z from hamlet.xml
// The hamlet.xml test data file is available at
// http://www.chilkatsoft.com/testData/hamlet.xmlprocedure
// The UnixCompress component uses LZW compression.
procedure TForm1.Button17Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  // The UnixCompress object is included with the Chilkat Zip license.
  UnixCompress1.UnlockComponent('anything for 30-day trial');

  UnixCompress1.CompressFile('hamlet.xml','hamlet.xml.Z');

end;