Hello ganeshPerlStarter,

The IO::Uncompress::Unzip::unzip function also accepts a reference to a string for the input:

#! perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use IO::Uncompress::Unzip qw(unzip $UnzipError) ;

my $file = 'data.zip';

open(my $fh, '<', $file)
    or die "Cannot open file '$file' for reading: $!";

binmode $fh;
my $input;

{
    local $/ = undef;
    $input   = <$fh>;
}

close $fh
    or die "Cannot close file '$file': $!";

my $output;
my $status = unzip \$input => \$output
    or die "Unzip failed: $UnzipError\n";

print "Status: $status\n";
print "Unzipped text:\n\n>>>$output<<<\n";

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I created a text file named “data.txt” and zipped it to “data.zip” using 7-Zip. The above script reads the zipped file data into the scalar $input, then correctly unzips it when passed a reference to the scalar (string) — \$input — as the input parameter.

Hope that helps,

Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum Iustus alius egestas vitae, eros Piratica,

In reply to Re: Uncompressing winzip downloaded in memory by Athanasius
in thread Uncompressing winzip downloaded in memory by ganeshPerlStarter

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