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#!/usr/local/bin/perl
use strict ;
use warnings ;
#die "Usage: gzcat file...\n"
# unless @ARGV ;
my $filename ;
@ARGV = '-' unless @ARGV ;
foreach my $filename (@ARGV) {
my $buffer ;
my $gz = gzopen($filename, "rb")
or die "Cannot open $filename: $gzerrno\n" ;
print $buffer while $gz->gzread($buffer) > 0 ;
die "Error reading from $filename: $gzerrno" . ($gzerrno+0) . "\n"
if $gzerrno != Z_STREAM_END ;
$gz->gzclose() ;
}