(PowerShell) Compress a String and Save as a Gzip File

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This example demonstrates how to use the CompressStringToFile method to compress a string and write the result directly to a Gzip (.gz) file.

The input string is first converted to its byte representation using the specified character set (in this case, UTF-8). The resulting bytes are then compressed using the Gzip format, and the compressed output is written directly to the specified file.

This method is convenient when you want to generate a compressed file from in-memory text without needing intermediate objects such as BinData or StringBuilder.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

# This example demonstrates how to compress a string and save the result
# directly to a Gzip (.gz) file.

$gzip = New-Object Chilkat.Gzip

# The string to be compressed:
$inputStr = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."

# Compress the string using UTF-8 and write to a file:
$success = $gzip.CompressStringToFile($inputStr,"utf-8","output.gz")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($gzip.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Compression successful.")
$("Gzip file written to output.gz")