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Re: Zlib::GzipReader doesn't work as expected

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On 04/25/2012 10:57 AM, Thomas Wolf wrote:
> Hi,
> given 2 files:
> cat 5lines.txt
> 5 lines
> 5 lines
> 5 lines
> 5 lines
> 5 lines
>
> cat more5lines.txt
> More 5 lines
> More 5 lines
> More 5 lines
> More 5 lines
> More 5 lines
>
> These files are "gzip"ed as follows:
> gzip < 5lines.txt > foo.gz
> gzip < more5lines.txt >> foo.gz
>
> zcat foo.gz:
> 5 lines
> 5 lines
> 5 lines
> 5 lines
> 5 lines
> More 5 lines
> More 5 lines
> More 5 lines
> More 5 lines
> More 5 lines
>
> This ruby code only reads the first 5 lines:
> #!/usr/bin/ruby
> require "zlib"
> filename = ARGV[0]
>
> Zlib::GzipReader.open(filename) {|gz|
> print gz.read
> }
>
> ./test.rb foo.gz
> 5 lines
> 5 lines
> 5 lines
> 5 lines
> 5 lines
>
> How do I force Zlib::GzipReader do read the whole file?

That's a fairly common limitation of GZip libs (Java's standard lib also 
has this limitation, or at least hat last time I checked).

You might get away with wrapping the GzipReader around an open IO object 
and wrapping another GzipReader when the first finishes.

Kind regards

	robert

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Zlib::GzipReader doesn't work as expected Thomas Wolf <thomasw@viacanale.de> - 2012-04-25 10:57 +0200
  Re: Zlib::GzipReader doesn't work as expected Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-04-25 21:03 +0200
    Re: Zlib::GzipReader doesn't work as expected Simon Krahnke <overlord@gmx.li> - 2012-04-25 21:55 +0200
    Re: Zlib::GzipReader doesn't work as expected Thomas Wolf <thomasw@viacanale.de> - 2012-04-26 11:54 +0200
      Re: Zlib::GzipReader doesn't work as expected Simon Krahnke <overlord@gmx.li> - 2012-04-26 22:02 +0200
  Re: Zlib::GzipReader doesn't work as expected Simon Krahnke <overlord@gmx.li> - 2012-04-25 21:53 +0200

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