DBM_Filter::compress#

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 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