Rust

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.

Rust

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

let gzip = chilkat::Gzip::new();

// The string to be compressed:
let input_str = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.".to_string();

// Compress the string using UTF-8 and write to a file:
if gzip.compress_string_to_file(&input_str, "utf-8", "output.gz").is_err() {
    println!("{}", gzip.last_error_text());
    return;
}

println!("Compression successful.");
println!("Gzip file written to output.gz");