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

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 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 v5.44.0			   2026-05-14		 DBM_Filter::compress(3)