(AutoIt) Compress a File to Gzip with Custom Metadata

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This example demonstrates how to use the CompressFile method to create a Gzip (.gz) file while customizing the metadata embedded in the Gzip header.

Before compression, several properties are set:

• Comment: Adds a descriptive comment to the Gzip file.
• Filename: Specifies the filename to embed in the Gzip data, which may be used by extraction tools as the default output name.
• CompressionLevel: Controls the tradeoff between compression ratio and speed (set to maximum in this example).
• LastModStr: Sets the last-modified timestamp using an RFC 822 formatted date string.

After setting these properties, the input file is compressed and written to a .gz file. This approach allows you to embed meaningful metadata along with the compressed data.

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Local $bSuccess = False

; This example demonstrates how to compress a file to Gzip format
; while setting custom metadata such as comment, filename,
; compression level, and last-modified date.

$oGzip = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Gzip")

; Set custom Gzip properties:
$oGzip.Comment = "Example Gzip file created with Chilkat"
$oGzip.Filename = "custom_name.txt"
$oGzip.CompressionLevel = 9
$oGzip.LastModStr = "Wed, 1 Apr 2025 12:45:26 -0500"

; The file to be compressed:
Local $sInputFile = "example.txt"
Local $sOutputFile = "example.txt.gz"

; Compress the file:
$bSuccess = $oGzip.CompressFile($sInputFile,$sOutputFile)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oGzip.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("Compression successful." & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("Gzip file created: " & $sOutputFile & @CRLF)