If the script was written with the OO interface of CGI, then CGI::Compress::Gzip might be worth a try.

See Also: OFT: Gzipping output from a CGI

If you're using mod_perl that should also give you some more options.

Taking a step back - What is the size of the pages being generated? Is the bandwidth usage actually too much, or does it just "seem" that way to you? Do you know that the slow page load times are because of the size of the page, and not the execution time of the script or other factors? Benchmarks, benchmarks!

In reply to Re: Wrapper to Gzip CGI output by Anonymous Monk
in thread Wrapper to Gzip CGI output by itsscott

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