Lua

.Z File Compression

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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.)

Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
-- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

local uc = chilkat.UnixCompress.new()

local success = uc:compress_file("hamlet.xml", "hamlet.xml.Z")
if not success then
    print(uc.last_error_text)
else
    print("Success.")
end