DBM_Filter::compress

• DBM_Filter::compress
• SYNOPSIS
• SEE ALSO
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DBM_Filter::compress

SYNOPSIS

    use SDBM_File; # or DB_File, or GDBM_File, or NDBM_File, or ODBM_File
    use DBM_Filter ;

    $db = tie %hash, ...
    $db->Filter_Push('compress');
    
=head1 DESCRIPTION

This DBM filter will compress all data before it is written to the database and uncompressed it on reading.

A fatal error will be thrown if the Compress::Zlib module is not available.

SEE ALSO

the DBM_Filter manpage, the perldbmfilter manpage, the Compress::Zlib manpage

AUTHOR

Paul Marquess pmqs@cpan.org