Method Gz._file()->open()

Method open

int open(string|int|Stdio.Stream file, void|string mode)

Description

Opens a file for I/O.

Parameter file

The filename or an open filedescriptor or Stream for the GZip file to use.

Parameter mode

Mode for the file operations. Defaults to read only. The following mode characters are unique to Gz.File.

"0"	Values 0 to 9 set the compression level from no compression to maximum available compression. Defaults to 6.
"1"
"2"
"3"
"4"
"5"
"6"
"7"
"8"
"9"
"f"	Sets the compression strategy to FILTERED.
"h"	Sets the compression strategy to HUFFMAN_ONLY.

Note

If the object already has been opened, it will first be closed.