Function zopen::read

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pub fn read(filename: &str) -> Result<Box<dyn Read>>
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Open a possibly compressed file for reading.

The file is specified by the given filename. The file is decompressed by an external compression tool determined by the file extension:

  • .gz uses gzip
  • .bzip2 uses xz
  • .xz and .lzma uses xz
  • everything else open the file directly without compression.