Action adapter command for GZIP/ZLIB

Use the Action adapter command (-ACTION) to decompress or compress the data stream before processing it. If an action is not specified as an option to the -ACTION command, the default action is AUTO.

-ACTION [DECOMPRESS|COMPRESSTOGZIP|COMPRESSTOZLIB|AUTO]
Option
Description
DECOMPRESS
Specifies decompression of the data stream.
COMPRESSTOGZIP
Specifies compression of the data stream using the GZIP file format.
COMPRESSTOZLIB
Specifies compression of the data stream using the ZLIB file format.
AUTO
Automatic compression (DECOMPRESS, COMPRESSTOGZIP, or COMPRESSTOZLIB) occurs depending on the type of data stream.

For a complete list of behaviors associated with this command when used with the -STREAM command, see "Command behavior".