perldoc > DBM_Filter::compress(mcp)

NAME
    DBM_Filter::compress - filter for DBM_Filter

SYNOPSIS
        use SDBM_File; # or DB_File, GDBM_File, NDBM_File, ODBM_File
        use DBM_Filter ;

        $db = tie %hash, ...
        $db->Filter_Push('compress');

DESCRIPTION
    This DBM filter will compress all data before it is written to the database and uncompressed it
    on reading.

    A fatal error will be thrown if the Compress::Zlib module is not available.

SEE ALSO
    DBM_Filter, perldbmfilter, Compress::Zlib

AUTHOR
    Paul Marquess pmqs AT cpan.org