Method: Rex::Text.ungzip

Defined in:
lib/rex/text.rb

.ungzip(str) ⇒ String

Uncompresses a string using gzip

Parameters:

  • str (String) —

    Compressed string to inflate

Returns:

  • (String) —

    The uncompressed version of str

Raises:



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# File 'lib/rex/text.rb', line 1491

def self.ungzip(str)
  raise RuntimeError, "Gzip support is not present." if (!zlib_present?)

  s = ""
  s.force_encoding('ASCII-8BIT') if s.respond_to?(:encoding)
  gz = Zlib::GzipReader.new(StringIO.new(str, 'rb'))
  s << gz.read
  gz.close
  return s
end