NAME

       DBM_Filter::compress - filter for DBM_Filter

SYNOPSIS

           use SDBM_File; # or DB_File, or GDBM_File, or NDBM_File, or 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@cpan.org