____ _ _____ _ / ___|___(_)_ __ _ _ | ___|_ _ ___| |_ ___ _ __ | | _|_ / | '_ \ (_|_) | |_ / _` / __| __/ _ \ '__| | |_| |/ /| | |_) | _ _ | _| (_| \__ \ || __/ | \____/___|_| .__/ (_|_) |_| \__,_|___/\__\___|_| |_| This is the README for Gzip::Faster version 0.12. Gzip::Faster is a "module" for the Perl computer programming language, a library of computer code to install on a computer. This document contains four sections: 1. About - what the module does 2. Documentation - how to learn more about the module 3. Installation - how to install this module on a computer 4. Help - what to do if you get stuck ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. ABOUT Gzip::Faster - simple and fast gzip and gunzip This module compresses to and decompresses from the gzip format. The module offers two basic functions, "gzip" and "gunzip", which convert scalars to and from gzip format, and three convenience functions: "gzip_file" reads a file then compresses it; "gunzip_file" reads a file then uncompresses it; and "gzip_to_file" compresses a scalar and writes it to a file. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. DOCUMENTATION You can read the documentation for the module online at the following websites: * http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Gzip::Faster * http://metacpan.org/release/Gzip-Faster (These links go to the latest version of the module.) After installing the module, you can read the documentation on your computer using perldoc Gzip::Faster ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. INSTALLATION This module requires Perl version 5.8.1 or later. To install the module from CPAN, use cpan Gzip::Faster If you have the App::cpanminus installer, you may prefer cpanm Gzip::Faster To install the module from the source file, Gzip-Faster-0.12.tar.gz, follow this sequence of commands: tar xfz Gzip-Faster-0.12.tar.gz cd Gzip-Faster-0.12 perl Makefile.PL make make install If you want to test the module before installing it, use "make test" after "make" and before "make install". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. HELP To get help with the module, you can email the author, Ben Bullock, at . If you think there is a problem in the module, you can report a bug at , or if you want to alter the source code of Gzip::Faster, try the public repository on github at . ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This README was written on Sun Sep 27 13:26:52 2015. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------