Compress::Zlib Troubles 1

[gshirey]

I am trying to write a script that creates a tar file (using Archive::tar) and then compress that file using the gzip tools found within zlib.pm.

I have no trouble writing the tar file, nor creating a gzip file, however, I cannot figure out how to write anything to the .gz file.

If anyone has any good examples, or has developed a script along these lines, I would be most appreciative if I could look it over.

Thanks

 

[goBoating]

Hey gshirey,
Fancy meeting you here.

I got this to work. Maybe it is close to what you are trying to do.

#!perl
use Compress::Zlib;

# put what ever you want in $buffer
$buffer = 'some text to write to the file.';

# you might want to use a different file name, other than 'junk.gz'
$gz = gzopen("junk.gz","wb") or die "Cannot open junk.gz: $gzerrno\n" ; 

# write $buffer content into gzip file.
$gz->gzwrite($buffer);

# close gzip file
$gz->gzclose;

HTH






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