any options besides Zlib::GzipReader?

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Hi,

My application currently has files being sent to it fairly regularly, and I'd like these files to be sent in a compressed format. Besides the handling of gzip formatted compressed files (.gz) through the ZLib::GzipFile class are there any other options? Any common compression type would be fine (i.e., .tar, .zip).

Thanks,

Simon

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Hi,

My application currently has files being sent to it fairly regularly, and I'd like these files to be sent in a compressed format. Besides the handling of gzip formatted compressed files (.gz) through the ZLib::GzipFile class are there any other options? Any common compression type would be fine (i.e., .tar, .zip).

There's also ruby-zip: http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubyzip/

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Thanks. Is one generally considered to be more stable, or a better option for other reasons?

Simon

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Here's a short list:

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I wasn’t too happy with any of the solutions available and resorted to just using command line invokes from my rails app. Works perfectly and if you’re a bit linux-savvy, it’s a breeze to implement.