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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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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

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

    const gzip = try chilkat.Gzip.init();
    defer gzip.deinit();

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

    // Compress the string using UTF-8 and write to a file:
    gzip.compressStringToFile(input_str, "utf-8", "output.gz") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try gzip.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    std.debug.print("Compression successful.\n", .{});
    std.debug.print("Gzip file written to output.gz\n", .{});
}