DBM_Filter::compress(3perl) Perl Programmers Reference Guide 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 v5.38.2 2024-02-11 DBM_Filter::compress(3perl)