Hi there,
I don't have much experience in gzipping files, but recently I needed to parse a gzipped file with size of about 15 GB (~60 GB after decompression)
I used this fairly simple code to open it 
##Open file - special case for gzip
    if ($input_file =~ /\.gz$/) {
        open(IN, "gunzip -c $input_file |") || die "can't open pipe to
+ $input_file";
    }

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I then parsed it like a regular file and it took me about a minute (amazingly fast)
Hope this helps
Mister Guy



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In reply to Re: Recommendation to zip/unzip gzip files by mrguy123
in thread Recommendation to zip/unzip gzip files by Anonymous Monk

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