.Z File Compression

Use LZW compression to create a .Z compressed file. Compresses any single file into a .Z format compressed file.

(Chilkat's .Z compression functionality is included as part of the Chilkat Zip license.)

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use chilkat();

$uc = new chilkat::CkUnixCompress();

#  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
$success = $uc->UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $uc->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $uc->CompressFile("hamlet.xml","hamlet.xml.Z");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $uc->lastErrorText() . "\n";
}
else {
    print "Success." . "\n";
}