extern crate flate2; use flate2::bufread::DeflateEncoder; use flate2::Compression; use std::fs::File; use std::io; use std::io::prelude::*; use std::io::BufReader; // Open file and debug print the contents compressed with Deflate fn main() { println!("{:?}", open_hello_world().unwrap()); } // Opens sample file, compresses the contents and returns a Vector or error // File wrapped in a BufReader implements Bufread fn open_hello_world() -> io::Result> { let f = File::open("examples/hello_world.txt")?; let b = BufReader::new(f); let mut deflater = DeflateEncoder::new(b, Compression::fast()); let mut buffer = Vec::new(); deflater.read_to_end(&mut buffer)?; Ok(buffer) }