Zlib::GzipFile is an abstract class for handling a gzip formatted compressed file. The operations are defined in the subclasses, Zlib::GzipReader for reading, and Zlib::GzipWriter for writing.

GzipReader should be used by associating an IO, or IO-like, object.

Method Catalogue

• ::wrap

• Kernel.open (Zlib::GzipReader::open and Zlib::GzipWriter.open)

• close

• closed?

• comment

• comment= (Zlib::GzipWriter#comment=)

• crc

• eof? (Zlib::GzipReader#eof?)

• finish

• level

• lineno (Zlib::GzipReader#lineno)

• lineno= (Zlib::GzipReader#lineno=)

• mtime

• mtime= (Zlib::GzipWriter#mtime=)

• orig_name

• #orig_name (Zlib::GzipWriter#orig_name=)

• os_code

• path (when the underlying IO supports path)

• sync

• sync=

• to_io

(due to internal structure, documentation may appear under Zlib::GzipReader or Zlib::GzipWriter)