lib/DBM_Filter/compress.pm

- DBM_Filter::compress
- SYNOPSIS
- SEE ALSO
- AUTHOR

# 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

lib/DBM_Filter/compress.pm