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 avail-
       able.

SEE ALSO

       DBM_Filter, perldbmfilter, Compress::Zlib

AUTHOR

       Paul Marquess pmqs@cpan.org



perl v5.8.8                       2001-09-21           DBM_Filter::compress(3)