STREAMZIP(1) | Perl Programmers Reference Guide | STREAMZIP(1)

# NAME

streamzip - create a zip file from stdin

# SYNOPSIS

        producer | streamzip [opts] | consumer
        producer | streamzip [opts] -zipfile=output.zip

# DESCRIPTION

This program will read data from "stdin", compress it into a zip container and, by default, write a streamed zip file to "stdout". No temporary files are created.

The zip container written to "stdout" is, by necessity, written in streaming format. Most programs that read Zip files can cope with a streamed zip file, but if interoperability is important, and your workflow allows you to write the zip file directly to disk you can create a non-streamed zip file using the "zipfile" option.

## OPTIONS

-zip64
  Create a Zip64-compliant zip container. Use this option if the input is greater than 4Gig.

  Default is disabled.

-zipfile=F
  Write zip container to the filename "F".

  Use the "Stream" option to force the creation of a streamed zip file.

-member-name=M
  This option is used to name the "file" in the zip container.

  Default is '-'.

-stream
  Ignored when writing to "stdout".

  If the "zipfile" option is specified, including this option will trigger the creation of a streamed zip file.

  Default: Always enabled when writing to "stdout", otherwise disabled.

-method=M
  Compress using method "M".

  Valid method names are

          * store    Store without compression
          * deflate  Use Deflate compression [Deflault]
          * bzip2    Use Bzip2 compression
          * lzma     Use LZMA compression
          * xz       Use xz compression
          * zstd     Use Zstandard compression

  Note that Lzma compress needs "IO::Compress::Lzma" to be installed.

  Note that Zstd compress needs "IO::Compress::Zstd" to be installed.

  Default is "deflate".

-0, -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6, -7, -8, -9
  Sets the compression level for "deflate". Ignored for all other compression methods.

  -0 means no compression and -9 for maximum compression.

  Default is 6

-version
  Display version number
-help
  Display help

## Examples

Create a zip file bt reading daa from stdin

        $ echo Lorem ipsum dolor sit | perl ./bin/streamzip >abcd.zip

Check the contents of "abcd,zip" with the standard "unzip" utility

        Archive:  abcd.zip
          Length      Date    Time    Name
        ---------  ---------- -----   ----
               22  2021-01-08 19:45   -
        ---------                     -------
               22                     1 file

Notice how the "Name" is set to "-". That is the default for a few zip utilities whwre the member name is not given.

If you want to explicitly name the file, use the "-member-name" option as follows

        $ echo Lorem ipsum dolor sit | perl ./bin/streamzip -member-name latin >abcd.zip
        $ unzip -l abcd.zip
        Archive:  abcd.zip
          Length      Date    Time    Name
        ---------  ---------- -----   ----
               22  2021-01-08 19:47   latin
        ---------                     -------
               22                     1 file

## When to write a Streamed Zip File

A Streamed Zip File is useful in situations where you cannot seek backwards/forwards in the file.

A good examples is when you are serving dynamic content from a Web Server straight into a socket without needing to create a temporary zip file in the filesystsm.

Similarly if your workfow uses a Linux pipelined commands.

# SUPPORT

General feedback/questions/bug reports should be sent to <https://github.com/pmqs/IO-Compress/issues> (preferred) or <https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=IO-Compress>.

# AUTHOR

Paul Marquess pmqs@cpan.org.

# COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2019-2024 Paul Marquess. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

2025-10-12 | perl v5.40.1