Dpkg::Compression(3)						   libdpkg-perl 					      Dpkg::Compression(3)

NAME

       Dpkg::Compression - simple database of available compression methods

DESCRIPTION

       This modules provides a few public funcions and a public regex to interact with the set of supported compression methods.

EXPORTED VARIABLES

       $compression_re_file_ext
	   A regex that matches a file extension of a file compressed with one of the supported compression methods.

EXPORTED FUNCTIONS

       my @list = compression_get_list()
	   Returns a list of supported compression methods (sorted alphabetically).

       compression_is_supported($comp)
	   Returns a boolean indicating whether the give compression method is known and supported.

       compression_get_property($comp, $property)
	   Returns the requested property of the compression method. Returns undef if either the property or the compression method doesn't exist.
	   Valid properties currently include "file_ext" for the file extension, "comp_prog" for the name of the compression program and
	   "decomp_prog" for the name of the decompression program.

       compression_guess_from_filename($filename)
	   Returns the compression method that is likely used on the indicated filename based on its file extension.

       my $comp = compression_get_default()
	   Return the default compression method. It's "gzip" unless "compression_set_default" has been used to change it.

       compression_set_default($comp)
	   Change the default compression method. Errors out if the given compression method is not supported.

       my $level = compression_get_default_level()
	   Return the default compression level used when compressing data. It's "9" unless "compression_set_default_level" has been used to
	   change it.

       compression_set_default_level($level)
	   Change the default compression level. Errors out if the level is not valid (see "compression_is_valid_level").  either a number between
	   1 and 9 or "fast" or "best".

       compression_is_valid_level($level)
	   Returns a boolean indicating whether $level is a valid compression level (it must be either a number between 1 and 9 or "fast" or
	   "best")

AUTHOR

       Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.

1.16.0.3							    2012-04-17						      Dpkg::Compression(3)