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DBM_Filter::compress(3pm)             Perl Programmers Reference Guide             DBM_Filter::compress(3pm)



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');

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
       DBM_Filter, perldbmfilter, Compress::Zlib

AUTHOR
       Paul Marquess pmqs@cpan.org



perl v5.8.8                                      2001-09-21                        DBM_Filter::compress(3pm)