Fellow monks,

Does anyone know of a pure-perl implementation of gzipping functionality?

I need to zip a string and send it through a server without relying on the local gzip, zlib, or winzip program.

The application is for gzipping the output stream of a SVG data stream coming from my SVG module on CPAN. If there is a clean, truly perlish way to compress the file as it is being sent, I could incorporate it into the module. Right now, everything I can find seems to have a non-perl dependency. I'm being peculiar and would like the module to remain without non-perl dependencies.

I've found APIs for the above programs on CPAN, but nothing stand-alone that I can access with a pure-perl conscience.

I have a feeling this is going into Bad Territory, but thought I would put the question out to see if I can find luck where I find wisdom.

Yours in ignorance,

Ronan

In reply to pure-perl gzip compression by hackmare

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