DBM_Filter::compress (3)

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NAME

DBM_Filter::compress - filter for DBM_Filter

SYNOPSIS

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

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

DESCRIPTION

This 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