Perl

.Z File Compression

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Use LZW compression to create a .Z compressed file. Compresses any single file into a .Z format compressed file.

(Chilkat's .Z compression functionality is included as part of the Chilkat Zip license.)

Perl

use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$uc = chilkat::CkUnixCompress->new();

$success = $uc->CompressFile("hamlet.xml","hamlet.xml.Z");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $uc->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
}
else {
    print "Success." . "\r\n";
}