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You could check for a magic number, for example by using File::MMagic or similar modules. Or you could just try to decode it, and treat it as uncompressed if the decoding fails.
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Re^2: How to find out a compressed file inside a script ?
by Bloodnok (Vicar) on Feb 19, 2009 at 15:54 UTC
    ...or, if on *NIX, first use magic(1) - the compression method just might be in /etc/magic ... you never know:-)

    A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))