(Perl) Decompress Large Text File in Blocks

Decompresses a large text file in blocks, and compares the restored (decompressed) file with the original to make sure it's correct.

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use chilkat();

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

# First, let's compress a text file.
# We'll then decompress in blocks, and compare the decompressed with the original file.

# Compress a text file:
$compress = chilkat::CkCompression->new();
$compress->put_Algorithm("deflate");

$success = $compress->CompressFile("qa_data/hamlet.xml","qa_data/hamlet_compressed.dat");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $compress->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$fac = chilkat::CkFileAccess->new();

# Examine the uncompressed and compressed sizes:
$originalPath = "qa_data/hamlet.xml";
# Note: The FileSize method returns a signed 32-bit integer.  If the file is potentially larger than 2GB, call FileSizeStr instead to return
# the size of the file as a string, then convert to an integer value.
print "uncompressed size: " . $fac->FileSize($originalPath) . "\r\n";
print "compressed size: " . $fac->FileSize("qa_data/hamlet_compressed.dat") . "\r\n";

# Decompress in blocks..
$facSrc = chilkat::CkFileAccess->new();
$facDest = chilkat::CkFileAccess->new();

$facSrc->OpenForRead("qa_data/hamlet_compressed.dat");

# If we compress in 32K chunks, find out how many blocks there will be.
$blockSize = 32768;
$numBlocks = $facSrc->GetNumBlocks($blockSize);

# Open an output file for the decompressed data.
$restoredPath = "qa_output/hamlet_restored.xml";
$success = $facDest->OpenForWrite($restoredPath);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $facDest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$compressedBytes = chilkat::CkByteData->new();

$i = 0;
while ($i < $numBlocks) {
    $success = $facSrc->ReadBlock($i,$blockSize,$compressedBytes);
    if ($i == 0) {
        $decompressedStr = $compress->beginDecompressString($compressedBytes);
    }
    else {
        $decompressedStr = $compress->moreDecompressString($compressedBytes);
    }

    $facDest->AppendText($decompressedStr,"utf-8");

    $i = $i + 1;
}

# At the very end, flush any remaining content, if any.
$decompressedStr = $compress->endDecompressString();
$facDest->AppendText($decompressedStr,"utf-8");

$facSrc->FileClose();
$facDest->FileClose();

# Examine the size of the restored file.
print "restored size: " . $fac->FileSize($restoredPath) . "\r\n";

# Compare the contents of the original with the restored.
$bEqualContents = $fac->FileContentsEqual($restoredPath,$originalPath);
print "Contents Equal: " . $bEqualContents . "\r\n";