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+node_modules/
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+
+test: 
+	@NODE_ENV=test ./node_modules/.bin/mocha;
+
+.PHONY: test
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+
+quiver-compress
+==============
+
+Accept a stream and return a compressed/decompressed stream
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+
+var zlib = require('zlib')
+var streamConvert = require('quiver-stream-convert')
+
+var gzipTransformer = streamConvert.createStreamTransformer('Gzip', zlib.gzip)
+var gunzipTransformer = streamConvert.createStreamTransformer('Gunzip', zlib.gunzip)
+var deflateTransformer = streamConvert.createStreamTransformer('Deflate', zlib.deflate)
+var inflateTransformer = streamConvert.createStreamTransformer('Inflate', zlib.inflate)
+
+module.exports = {
+  streamToGzipStream: gzipTransformer.streamToGzipStream,
+  streamableToGzipStream: gzipTransformer.streamableToGzipStream,
+  gzipStreamToStream: gunzipTransformer.streamToGunzipStream,
+
+  streamToDeflateStream: deflateTransformer.streamToDeflateStream,
+  streamableToDeflateStream: deflateTransformer.streamableToDeflateStream,
+  deflateStreamToStream: inflateTransformer.streamToInflateStream
+}
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+{
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Soares Chen",
+    "email": "soares.chen@gmail.com",
+    "url": "http://soareschen.com"
+  },
+  "name": "quiver-compress",
+  "desription": "Accept a stream and return a compressed/decompressed stream",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/quiverjs/compress",
+  "repository": {
+    "url": "git@github.com:quiverjs/compress.git"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "quiver-stream-convert": ">=0.0.4"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "quiver-file-stream": ">=0.0.1",
+    "quiver-pipe-stream": ">=0.0.1",
+    "mocha": ">=1.8.1",
+    "should": ">=1.2.2"
+  },
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/quiverjs/compress/issues",
+    "email": "quiverjs@soareschen.com"
+  },
+  "licenses": {
+    "type": "MIT",
+    "url": "https://raw.github.com/quiverjs/license/master/LICENSE"
+  },
+  "main": "./lib/compress",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "make test"
+  }
+}
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+
+var pathUtil = require('path')
+var should = require('should')
+var compress = require('../lib/compress')
+var fileStream = require('quiver-file-stream')
+var pipeStream = require('quiver-pipe-stream').pipeStream
+var streamConvert = require('quiver-stream-convert')
+
+var testReadFile = pathUtil.join(__dirname, '../lib/compress.js')
+var testWriteFile = pathUtil.join(__dirname, 'test-compressed.gz')
+var compareWriteFile = pathUtil.join(__dirname, 'compare-compressed.gz')
+
+describe('compress manual test', function() {
+  it('should save a compressed file', function(callback) {
+    fileStream.createFileReadStream(testReadFile, function(err, readStream) {
+      if(err) throw err
+
+      fileStream.createFileWriteStream(testWriteFile, function(err, writeStream) {
+        if(err) throw err
+
+        compress.streamToGzipStream(readStream, function(err, transformedStream) {
+          if(err) throw err
+
+          pipeStream(transformedStream, writeStream, callback)
+        })
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('should save a decompressed file', function(callback) {
+    fileStream.createFileReadStream(testReadFile, function(err, originalStream) {
+      if(err) throw err
+
+      streamConvert.streamToText(originalStream, function(err, originalText) {
+        if(err) throw err
+
+        fileStream.createFileReadStream(compareWriteFile, function(err, compressedStream) {
+          if(err) throw err
+
+          compress.gzipStreamToStream(compressedStream, function(err, decompressedStream) {
+            if(err) throw err
+
+            streamConvert.streamToText(decompressedStream, function(err, decompressedText) {
+              if(err) throw err
+
+              decompressedText.should.equal(originalText)
+              callback()
+            })
+          })
+        })
+      })
+    })
+  })
+})
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