Perl

Gzip a File

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Demonstrates how to create a .gz (gzipped file). Chilkat2 Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

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

my $gzip = Chilkat2::Gzip->new;

# This will create a .gz such that when ungzipped by a tool such as 7-Zip,
# it will create "qa_data/hamlet.xml".
my $success = $gzip->CompressFile('qa_data/hamlet.xml', 'qa_output/hamlet.xml.gz');
if (!$success) {
    print $gzip->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# Call CompressFile2 to explicitly specify the ungzip path
# For example, this will create a .gz such that when ungzipped by a tool such as 7-Zip,
# it will create "hamlet.xml".
my $embeddedExtractPath = 'hamlet.xml';
$success = $gzip->CompressFile2('qa_data/hamlet.xml', $embeddedExtractPath, 'qa_output/hamlet2.xml.gz');
if (!$success) {
    print $gzip->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

print "Success.\n";