#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Archive::Zip qw(:CONSTANTS :ERROR_CODES); use IO::Scalar; use IO::File; # test writing to a scalar my $zipContents = ''; my $SH = IO::Scalar->new(\$zipContents); my $zip = Archive::Zip->new(); my $member = $zip->addString('a' x 300, 'bunchOfAs.txt'); $member->desiredCompressionMethod(COMPRESSION_DEFLATED); $member = $zip->addString('b' x 300, 'bunchOfBs.txt'); $member->desiredCompressionMethod(COMPRESSION_DEFLATED); my $status = $zip->writeToFileHandle($SH); my $file = IO::File->new('test.zip', 'w'); binmode($file); $file->print($zipContents); $file->close();