From: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@...>
Date: 2001-10-08T21:27:52+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:22226] Re: gzip a string

Ned Konz wrote:

 >>how to gzip a string?
 >>
 > Just to compress it, or to make a gzip file (which has a header, of 
course,
 > that the compressed string itself wouldn't)?

What I meant: how to serve a gzipped string? The client expects a 
gzipped file, so perhaps I need to include the header, thus use the 
class and methods for writing files?

 > To compress a string (but not to make it a gzip file):
 >
 > #!/usr/local/bin/ruby
 > require 'zlib'
 >
 > defl = Deflate.new
 > $stdout.print defl.deflate("abcdef\n");
 > $stdout.print defl.deflate(nil);

How can I make the following work?
I try to gzip a string, then unzip it:

---
require 'zlib'

# using http://www.blue.sky.or.jp/atelier/ruby/ruby-zlib-0.4.0.tar.gz
# and   ruby 1.6.3 (2001-03-19) [i386-cygwin]

initial_string = "Tobi\n"

defl = Deflate.new
infl = Inflate.new

deflated = defl.deflate(initial_string)
print deflated # prints xo

restored_string = infl.inflate(deflated)
print restored_string # prints [nothing]
---

Thanks,

Tobi

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