Hello, Here is a patch wich allow using compressed module with PerlIO-gzip. It sounds to work correctly and load automatically the gzip layer if installed. François. --- perl-5.8.0/pp_ctl.c.fpons 2002-07-09 18:42:38.000000000 +0200 +++ perl-5.8.0/pp_ctl.c 2003-02-13 11:56:39.000000000 +0100 @@ -2882,6 +2882,19 @@ else { fp = PerlIO_open(name, mode); } + if (!fp) { + SV *pmgzsv = Perl_newSVpvf(aTHX_ "%s%s", name, ".gz"); + char *pmgz = SvPV_nolen(pmgzsv); + Stat_t pmgzstat; + if (PerlLIO_stat(pmgz, &pmgzstat) < 0) { + SvREFCNT_dec(pmgzsv); + } + else { + dTHX; + pmgzsv = sv_2mortal(pmgzsv); + fp = PerlIO_openn(aTHX_ ":gzip", mode, -1, 0, 0, NULL, 1, &pmgzsv); + } + } return fp; }Thread Next