The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List: modid: IO::Filter DSLIP: adpOg description: Generic filters for IO handles. userid: RWMJ (Richard Jones) chapterid: 21 (File_Handle_Input_Output) communities: comp.lang.perl.modules similar: IO::Handle IO::File IO::Socket rationale: I wanted a way to take an existing IO handle and transparently filter it (in particular, pplying gzip or bzip compression to it) and return another IO handle which I could use in place of the original. After searching CPAN I was surprised that such functionality was not already available, so I wrote it :-) It's used in Net::FTPServer. enteredby: RWMJ (Richard Jones) enteredon: Sun Sep 2 22:40:08 2001 GMT The resulting entry would be: IO:: ::Filter adpOg Generic filters for IO handles. RWMJ Thanks for registering, The Pause Team PS: The following links are only valid for module list maintainers: Registration form with editing capabilities: https://pause.perl.org/pause/authenquery?ACTION=add_mod&USERID=bd000000_f91dd656c60940df&SUBMIT_pause99_add_mod_preview=1 Immediate (one click) registration: https://pause.perl.org/pause/authenquery?ACTION=add_mod&USERID=bd000000_f91dd656c60940df&SUBMIT_pause99_add_mod_insertit=1