Java tutorial
import java.io.BufferedInputStream; import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream; public class CompressIt { public static void main(String[] args) { String filename = args[0]; try { File file = new File(filename); int length = (int) file.length(); FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file); BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(fis); ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(length); GZIPOutputStream gos = new GZIPOutputStream(baos); byte[] buffer = new byte[1024]; int bytesRead; while ((bytesRead = bis.read(buffer)) != -1) { gos.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead); } bis.close(); gos.close(); System.out.println("Input Length: " + length); System.out.println("Output Length: " + baos.size()); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { System.err.println("Invalid Filename"); } catch (IOException e) { System.err.println("I/O Exception"); } } }