Pearl: How can I get compressed data that zlib understands

Question

I'm trying to create a zipped file in Pearl that can be consumed and deflated in an IPad application using zlib. The current zip modules in Pearl (i.e. IO::Compress::Zip ) seems to output incorrect data for the zlib to understand. I'm using z_stream strm on the C side to deflate. On thing I've noticed when using inflate in the application, is that the output looks like hex text. On the Pearl side it is non text.

Answer 1

I found out I needed to use IO::Compress::Deflate.