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# IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress

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# IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress

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  - anyuncompress $input => $output [, OPTS]
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# NAME

IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress - Uncompress gzip, zip, bzip2 or lzop file/buffer

# SYNOPSIS

        use IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress qw(anyuncompress $AnyUncompressError) ;    my $status = anyuncompress $input => $output [,OPTS]        or die "anyuncompress failed: $AnyUncompressError\n";    my $z = new IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress $input [OPTS]         or die "anyuncompress failed: $AnyUncompressError\n";    $status = $z->read($buffer)    $status = $z->read($buffer, $length)    $status = $z->read($buffer, $length, $offset)    $line = $z->getline()    $char = $z->getc()    $char = $z->ungetc()    $char = $z->opened()    $data = $z->trailingData()    $status = $z->nextStream()    $data = $z->getHeaderInfo()    $z->tell()    $z->seek($position, $whence)    $z->binmode()    $z->fileno()    $z->eof()    $z->close()    $AnyUncompressError ;    # IO::File mode    <$z>    read($z, $buffer);    read($z, $buffer, $length);    read($z, $buffer, $length, $offset);    tell($z)    seek($z, $position, $whence)    binmode($z)    fileno($z)    eof($z)    close($z)

# DESCRIPTION

This module provides a Perl interface that allows the reading of files/buffers that have been compressed with a variety of compression libraries.

The formats supported are:

- RFC 1950
- RFC 1951 (optionally)
- gzip (RFC 1952)
- zip
- bzip2
- lzop
- lzf

The module will auto-detect which, if any, of the supported compression formats is being used.

# Functional Interface

A top-level function, `anyuncompress` , is provided to carry out "one-shot" uncompression between buffers and/or files. For finer control over the uncompression process, see the "OO Interface" section.

        use IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress qw(anyuncompress $AnyUncompressError) ;    anyuncompress $input => $output [,OPTS]         or die "anyuncompress failed: $AnyUncompressError\n";

The functional interface needs Perl5.005 or better.

## anyuncompress $input => $output [, OPTS]

`anyuncompress` expects at least two parameters, `$input` and `$output` .

### The `$input` parameter

The parameter, `$input` , is used to define the source of the compressed data.

It can take one of the following forms:

- A filename

  If the `$input` parameter is a simple scalar, it is assumed to be a filename. This file will be opened for reading and the input data will be read from it.

- A filehandle

  If the `$input` parameter is a filehandle, the input data will be read from it. The string '-' can be used as an alias for standard input.

- A scalar reference

  If `$input` is a scalar reference, the input data will be read from `$$input` .

- An array reference

  If `$input` is an array reference, each element in the array must be a filename.

  The input data will be read from each file in turn.

  The complete array will be walked to ensure that it only contains valid filenames before any data is uncompressed.

- An Input FileGlob string

  If `$input` is a string that is delimited by the characters "<" and ">" `anyuncompress` will assume that it is an input fileglob string. The input is the list of files that match the fileglob.

  If the fileglob does not match any files ...

  See File::GlobMapper for more details.

If the `$input` parameter is any other type, `undef` will be returned.

### The `$output` parameter

The parameter `$output` is used to control the destination of the uncompressed data. This parameter can take one of these forms.

- A filename

  If the `$output` parameter is a simple scalar, it is assumed to be a filename. This file will be opened for writing and the uncompressed data will be written to it.

- A filehandle

  If the `$output` parameter is a filehandle, the uncompressed data will be written to it. The string '-' can be used as an alias for standard output.

- A scalar reference

  If `$output` is a scalar reference, the uncompressed data will be stored in `$$output` .

- An Array Reference

  If `$output` is an array reference, the uncompressed data will be pushed onto the array.

- An Output FileGlob

  If `$output` is a string that is delimited by the characters "<" and ">" `anyuncompress` will assume that it is an output fileglob string. The output is the list of files that match the fileglob.

  When `$output` is an fileglob string, `$input` must also be a fileglob string. Anything else is an error.

If the `$output` parameter is any other type, `undef` will be returned.

## Notes

When `$input` maps to multiple compressed files/buffers and `$output` is a single file/buffer, after uncompression `$output` will contain a concatenation of all the uncompressed data from each of the input files/buffers.

## Optional Parameters

Unless specified below, the optional parameters for `anyuncompress` , `OPTS` , are the same as those used with the OO interface defined in the "Constructor Options" section below.

- `AutoClose => 0|1`

  This option applies to any input or output data streams to `anyuncompress` that are filehandles.

  If `AutoClose` is specified, and the value is true, it will result in all input and/or output filehandles being closed once `anyuncompress` has completed.

  This parameter defaults to 0.

- `BinModeOut => 0|1`

  When writing to a file or filehandle, set `binmode` before writing to the file.

  Defaults to 0.

- `Append => 0|1`

  TODO

- `MultiStream => 0|1`

  If the input file/buffer contains multiple compressed data streams, this option will uncompress the whole lot as a single data stream.

  Defaults to 0.

- `TrailingData => $scalar`

  Returns the data, if any, that is present immediately after the compressed data stream once uncompression is complete.

  This option can be used when there is useful information immediately following the compressed data stream, and you don't know the length of the compressed data stream.

  If the input is a buffer, `trailingData` will return everything from the end of the compressed data stream to the end of the buffer.

  If the input is a filehandle, `trailingData` will return the data that is left in the filehandle input buffer once the end of the compressed data stream has been reached. You can then use the filehandle to read the rest of the input file.

  Don't bother using `trailingData` if the input is a filename.

  If you know the length of the compressed data stream before you start uncompressing, you can avoid having to use `trailingData` by setting the `InputLength` option.

## Examples

To read the contents of the file `file1.txt.Compressed` and write the compressed data to the file `file1.txt` .

        use strict ;    use warnings ;    use IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress qw(anyuncompress $AnyUncompressError) ;    my $input = "file1.txt.Compressed";    my $output = "file1.txt";    anyuncompress $input => $output        or die "anyuncompress failed: $AnyUncompressError\n";

To read from an existing Perl filehandle, `$input` , and write the uncompressed data to a buffer, `$buffer` .

        use strict ;    use warnings ;    use IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress qw(anyuncompress $AnyUncompressError) ;    use IO::File ;    my $input = new IO::File "<file1.txt.Compressed"        or die "Cannot open 'file1.txt.Compressed': $!\n" ;    my $buffer ;    anyuncompress $input => \$buffer         or die "anyuncompress failed: $AnyUncompressError\n";

To uncompress all files in the directory "/my/home" that match "*.txt.Compressed" and store the compressed data in the same directory

        use strict ;    use warnings ;    use IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress qw(anyuncompress $AnyUncompressError) ;    anyuncompress '</my/home/*.txt.Compressed>' => '</my/home/#1.txt>'        or die "anyuncompress failed: $AnyUncompressError\n";

and if you want to compress each file one at a time, this will do the trick

        use strict ;    use warnings ;    use IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress qw(anyuncompress $AnyUncompressError) ;    for my $input ( glob "/my/home/*.txt.Compressed" )    {        my $output = $input;        $output =~ s/.Compressed// ;        anyuncompress $input => $output             or die "Error compressing '$input': $AnyUncompressError\n";    }

# OO Interface

## Constructor

The format of the constructor for IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress is shown below

        my $z = new IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress $input [OPTS]        or die "IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress failed: $AnyUncompressError\n";

Returns an `IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress` object on success and undef on failure. The variable `$AnyUncompressError` will contain an error message on failure.

If you are running Perl 5.005 or better the object, `$z` , returned from IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress can be used exactly like an IO::File filehandle. This means that all normal input file operations can be carried out with `$z` . For example, to read a line from a compressed file/buffer you can use either of these forms

        $line = $z->getline();    $line = <$z>;

The mandatory parameter `$input` is used to determine the source of the compressed data. This parameter can take one of three forms.

- A filename

  If the `$input` parameter is a scalar, it is assumed to be a filename. This file will be opened for reading and the compressed data will be read from it.

- A filehandle

  If the `$input` parameter is a filehandle, the compressed data will be read from it. The string '-' can be used as an alias for standard input.

- A scalar reference

  If `$input` is a scalar reference, the compressed data will be read from `$$output` .

## Constructor Options

The option names defined below are case insensitive and can be optionally prefixed by a '-'. So all of the following are valid

        -AutoClose    -autoclose    AUTOCLOSE    autoclose

OPTS is a combination of the following options:

- `AutoClose => 0|1`

  This option is only valid when the `$input` parameter is a filehandle. If specified, and the value is true, it will result in the file being closed once either the `close` method is called or the IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress object is destroyed.

  This parameter defaults to 0.

- `MultiStream => 0|1`

  Allows multiple concatenated compressed streams to be treated as a single compressed stream. Decompression will stop once either the end of the file/buffer is reached, an error is encountered (premature eof, corrupt compressed data) or the end of a stream is not immediately followed by the start of another stream.

  This parameter defaults to 0.

- `Prime => $string`

  This option will uncompress the contents of `$string` before processing the input file/buffer.

  This option can be useful when the compressed data is embedded in another file/data structure and it is not possible to work out where the compressed data begins without having to read the first few bytes. If this is the case, the uncompression can be primed with these bytes using this option.

- `Transparent => 0|1`

  If this option is set and the input file/buffer is not compressed data, the module will allow reading of it anyway.

  In addition, if the input file/buffer does contain compressed data and there is non-compressed data immediately following it, setting this option will make this module treat the whole file/bufffer as a single data stream.

  This option defaults to 1.

- `BlockSize => $num`

  When reading the compressed input data, IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress will read it in blocks of `$num` bytes.

  This option defaults to 4096.

- `InputLength => $size`

  When present this option will limit the number of compressed bytes read from the input file/buffer to `$size` . This option can be used in the situation where there is useful data directly after the compressed data stream and you know beforehand the exact length of the compressed data stream.

  This option is mostly used when reading from a filehandle, in which case the file pointer will be left pointing to the first byte directly after the compressed data stream.

  This option defaults to off.

- `Append => 0|1`

  This option controls what the `read` method does with uncompressed data.

  If set to 1, all uncompressed data will be appended to the output parameter of the `read` method.

  If set to 0, the contents of the output parameter of the `read` method will be overwritten by the uncompressed data.

  Defaults to 0.

- `Strict => 0|1`

  This option controls whether the extra checks defined below are used when carrying out the decompression. When Strict is on, the extra tests are carried out, when Strict is off they are not.

  The default for this option is off.

- `RawInflate => 0|1`

  When auto-detecting the compressed format, try to test for raw-deflate (RFC 1951) content using the `IO::Uncompress::RawInflate` module.

  The reason this is not default behaviour is because RFC 1951 content can only be detected by attempting to uncompress it. This process is error prone and can result is false positives.

  Defaults to 0.

## Examples

TODO

# Methods

## read

Usage is

        $status = $z->read($buffer)

Reads a block of compressed data (the size the the compressed block is determined by the `Buffer` option in the constructor), uncompresses it and writes any uncompressed data into `$buffer` . If the `Append` parameter is set in the constructor, the uncompressed data will be appended to the `$buffer` parameter. Otherwise `$buffer` will be overwritten.

Returns the number of uncompressed bytes written to `$buffer` , zero if eof or a negative number on error.

## read

Usage is

        $status = $z->read($buffer, $length)    $status = $z->read($buffer, $length, $offset)    $status = read($z, $buffer, $length)    $status = read($z, $buffer, $length, $offset)

Attempt to read `$length` bytes of uncompressed data into `$buffer` .

The main difference between this form of the `read` method and the previous one, is that this one will attempt to return exactly `$length` bytes. The only circumstances that this function will not is if end-of-file or an IO error is encountered.

Returns the number of uncompressed bytes written to `$buffer` , zero if eof or a negative number on error.

## getline

Usage is

        $line = $z->getline()    $line = <$z>

Reads a single line.

This method fully supports the use of of the variable `$/` (or `$INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR` or `$RS` when `English` is in use) to determine what constitutes an end of line. Paragraph mode, record mode and file slurp mode are all supported.

## getc

Usage is

        $char = $z->getc()

Read a single character.

## ungetc

Usage is

        $char = $z->ungetc($string)

## getHeaderInfo

Usage is

        $hdr  = $z->getHeaderInfo();    @hdrs = $z->getHeaderInfo();

This method returns either a hash reference (in scalar context) or a list or hash references (in array context) that contains information about each of the header fields in the compressed data stream(s).

## tell

Usage is

        $z->tell()    tell $z

Returns the uncompressed file offset.

## eof

Usage is

        $z->eof();    eof($z);

Returns true if the end of the compressed input stream has been reached.

## seek

        $z->seek($position, $whence);    seek($z, $position, $whence);

Provides a sub-set of the `seek` functionality, with the restriction that it is only legal to seek forward in the input file/buffer. It is a fatal error to attempt to seek backward.

The `$whence` parameter takes one the usual values, namely SEEK_SET, SEEK_CUR or SEEK_END.

Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure.

## binmode

Usage is

        $z->binmode    binmode $z ;

This is a noop provided for completeness.

## opened

        $z->opened()

Returns true if the object currently refers to a opened file/buffer.

## autoflush

        my $prev = $z->autoflush()    my $prev = $z->autoflush(EXPR)

If the `$z` object is associated with a file or a filehandle, this method returns the current autoflush setting for the underlying filehandle. If `EXPR` is present, and is non-zero, it will enable flushing after every write/print operation.

If `$z` is associated with a buffer, this method has no effect and always returns `undef`.

Note that the special variable `$|` cannot be used to set or retrieve the autoflush setting.

## input_line_number

        $z->input_line_number()    $z->input_line_number(EXPR)

Returns the current uncompressed line number. If `EXPR` is present it has the effect of setting the line number. Note that setting the line number does not change the current position within the file/buffer being read.

The contents of `$/` are used to to determine what constitutes a line terminator.

## fileno

        $z->fileno()    fileno($z)

If the `$z` object is associated with a file or a filehandle, `fileno` will return the underlying file descriptor. Once the `close` method is called `fileno` will return `undef`.

If the `$z` object is is associated with a buffer, this method will return `undef`.

## close

        $z->close() ;    close $z ;

Closes the output file/buffer.

For most versions of Perl this method will be automatically invoked if the IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress object is destroyed (either explicitly or by the variable with the reference to the object going out of scope). The exceptions are Perl versions 5.005 through 5.00504 and 5.8.0. In these cases, the `close` method will be called automatically, but not until global destruction of all live objects when the program is terminating.

Therefore, if you want your scripts to be able to run on all versions of Perl, you should call `close` explicitly and not rely on automatic closing.

Returns true on success, otherwise 0.

If the `AutoClose` option has been enabled when the IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress object was created, and the object is associated with a file, the underlying file will also be closed.

## nextStream

Usage is

        my $status = $z->nextStream();

Skips to the next compressed data stream in the input file/buffer. If a new compressed data stream is found, the eof marker will be cleared and `$.` will be reset to 0.

Returns 1 if a new stream was found, 0 if none was found, and -1 if an error was encountered.

## trailingData

Usage is

        my $data = $z->trailingData();

Returns the data, if any, that is present immediately after the compressed data stream once uncompression is complete. It only makes sense to call this method once the end of the compressed data stream has been encountered.

This option can be used when there is useful information immediately following the compressed data stream, and you don't know the length of the compressed data stream.

If the input is a buffer, `trailingData` will return everything from the end of the compressed data stream to the end of the buffer.

If the input is a filehandle, `trailingData` will return the data that is left in the filehandle input buffer once the end of the compressed data stream has been reached. You can then use the filehandle to read the rest of the input file.

Don't bother using `trailingData` if the input is a filename.

If you know the length of the compressed data stream before you start uncompressing, you can avoid having to use `trailingData` by setting the `InputLength` option in the constructor.

# Importing

No symbolic constants are required by this IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress at present.

- :all

  Imports `anyuncompress` and `$AnyUncompressError` . Same as doing this

          use IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress qw(anyuncompress $AnyUncompressError) ;

# EXAMPLES

# SEE ALSO

Compress::Zlib, IO::Compress::Gzip, IO::Uncompress::Gunzip, IO::Compress::Deflate, IO::Uncompress::Inflate, IO::Compress::RawDeflate, IO::Uncompress::RawInflate, IO::Compress::Bzip2, IO::Uncompress::Bunzip2, IO::Compress::Lzop, IO::Uncompress::UnLzop, IO::Compress::Lzf, IO::Uncompress::UnLzf, IO::Uncompress::AnyInflate

Compress::Zlib::FAQ

File::GlobMapper, Archive::Zip, Archive::Tar, IO::Zlib

# AUTHOR

This module was written by Paul Marquess, pmqs@cpan.org.

# MODIFICATION HISTORY

See the Changes file.

# COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2005-2009 Paul Marquess. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

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- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- Functional Interface
  - anyuncompress $input => $output [, OPTS]
  - Notes
  - Optional Parameters
  - Examples
- OO Interface
  - Constructor
  - Constructor Options
  - Examples
- Methods
  - read
  - read
  - getline
  - getc
  - ungetc
  - getHeaderInfo
  - tell
  - eof
  - seek
  - binmode
  - opened
  - autoflush
  - input_line_number
  - fileno
  - close
  - nextStream
  - trailingData
- Importing
- EXAMPLES
- SEE ALSO
- AUTHOR
- MODIFICATION HISTORY
- COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

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