I won't comment on what is 'better'. I like using the Perl modules, that is
what they are there for (and I have never had any problems). If you want to
know if you can use Compress::Zlib, please read the documentation which comes
with it and see if it fits your needs. I suggest you do that with all your
options, see how they fit into what you wish to do.. benchmark if you need to,
and form your own educated opinion to what way is 'better' for your project.
Cheers,
Kevin
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 11:38:00AM -0500, Kailash Subramanian
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spew-ed forth:
>
>
>
> Hi Kevin,
> Thanks for your info. Somebody in this mailing list
> previously told me to use UNIX tar utility rather than Archive::Tar.
> So, I decided to use UNIX tar. But now I want to compress the tar file
> and that's the reason for this question. But it looks like you are
> suggesting to use perl Archive::Tar utility to tar the files. Can I
> not just use the Compress utility of perl without Archive::Tar if it
> is better that UNIX gzip ?
>
> Thx
> Kailash
>
>
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AT INTERNET on 05/09/2001 12:23 PM
>
> To: Kailash Subramanian/ATL/ALLTELCORP
> cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AT INTERNET@CCMAIL
>
> Subject: Re: gzip or Compress::Zlib
>
>
> Hi Kailash,
>
> If you are doing the compression from with a Perl script, use
> Archive::Tar
> (which uses Compress::Zlib in the background). After installing the
> modules,
> use the following commands to see their documentation (which will give
> you the
> basic syntax):
>
> perldoc Archive::Tar
> perldoc Compress::Zlib
>
> Cheers,
> Kevin
>
> On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 12:23:16PM -0400,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kailas
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]) spew-ed forth:
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> > Can somebody advice on whether to use UNIX gzip or the perl
> Compress::Zli
> b
> > for compressing a tar file. If it is going to be Compress::Zlib, I
> would
> > appreciate if somebody can give me a basic syntax.
> >
> > Thx
> > Kailash
> >
> >
>
> --
> [Writing CGI Applications with Perl - http://perlcgi-book.com]
> Never laugh at a live dragon.
> -- The Hobbit
>
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>
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