#ifndef _COMPRESS_H
#define _COMPRESS_H

/*
 * Compress a file using the method set in the compression_used value
 * (set by set_compression_method and fopen_compressed).
 *
 * If compression succeeds, we rename the file back its original name.
 *
 * When compression_used is 0 no compression is done.
 */
int compress_file(char *file);
int fcompress_file(FILE *fp);

/*
 * Returns a file pointer of an uncompressed copy of 'file'.
 * 'file' need not exist if 'file'.ext (eg file.gz)
 * exists and can be uncompressed.
 *
 * If ofp is non NULL then the original file pointer will also be returned
 * (opened for update) to allow writing back to the original file. In cases
 * of uncompressed data this is the same as the returned file pointer.
 */
FILE *fopen_compressed(char *file, FILE **ofp);

/*
 * Returns a file pointer of an uncompressed copy of 'fp'.
 *
 * If ofp is non NULL then the original file pointer will also be returned
 * (opened for update) to allow writing back to the original file. In cases
 * of uncompressed data this is the same as the returned file pointer.
 */
FILE *freopen_compressed(FILE *fp, FILE **ofp);

/*
 * Sets the desired compression method. The below macros relate to entries
 * in the compression magic numbers table.
 */
void set_compression_method(int method);
int get_compression_method(void);

/*
 * Converts compress mode strings (eg "gzip") to numbers.
 */
int compress_str2int(char *mode);

#define COMP_METHOD_NONE	0
#define COMP_METHOD_BZIP	1
#define COMP_METHOD_GZIP	2
#define COMP_METHOD_COMPRESS	3
#define COMP_METHOD_PACK	4

#endif /* _COMPRESS_H */