- my $proc = Dpkg::Compression::Process->new(%opts)
-
Create a new instance of the object. Supported options are ``compression''
and ``compression_level'' (see corresponding set_* functions).
- $proc->set_compression($comp)
-
Select the compression method to use. It errors out if the method is not
supported according to "compression_is_supported" (of
Dpkg::Compression).
- $proc->set_compression_level($level)
-
Select the compression level to use. It errors out if the level is not
valid according to "compression_is_valid_level" (of
Dpkg::Compression).
- my @exec = $proc->get_compress_cmdline()
-
- my @exec = $proc->get_uncompress_cmdline()
-
Returns a list ready to be passed to "exec", its first element is the
program name (either for compression or decompression) and the following
elements are parameters for the program.
When executed the program acts as a filter between its standard input
and its standard output.
- $proc->compress(%opts)
-
Starts a compressor program. You must indicate where it will read its
uncompressed data from and where it will write its compressed data to.
This is accomplished by passing one parameter "to_*" and one parameter
"from_*" as accepted by Dpkg::IPC::spawn.
You must call "wait_end_process" after having called this method to
properly close the sub-process (and verify that it exited without error).
- $proc->uncompress(%opts)
-
Starts a decompressor program. You must indicate where it will read its
compressed data from and where it will write its uncompressed data to.
This is accomplished by passing one parameter "to_*" and one parameter
"from_*" as accepted by Dpkg::IPC::spawn.
You must call "wait_end_process" after having called this method to
properly close the sub-process (and verify that it exited without error).
- $proc->wait_end_process(%opts)
-
Call Dpkg::IPC::wait_child to wait until the sub-process has exited
and verify its return code. Any given option will be forwarded to
the "wait_child" function. Most notably you can use the ``nocheck'' option
to verify the return code yourself instead of letting "wait_child" do
it for you.