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diff --git a/ext/Compress/IO/Zlib/examples/gzappend b/ext/Compress/IO/Zlib/examples/gzappend
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+#!/usr/local/bin/perl
+
+use IO::Compress::Gzip qw( $GzipError );
+use strict ;
+use warnings ;
+
+die "Usage: gzappend gz-file file...\n"
+    unless @ARGV ;
+
+
+my $output = shift @ARGV ;
+
+@ARGV = '-' unless @ARGV ;
+
+my $gz = new IO::Compress::Gzip $output, Merge => 1
+     or die "Cannot open $output: $GzipError\n" ;
+
+$gz->write( [@ARGV] )
+     or die "Cannot open $output: $GzipError\n" ;
+
+$gz->close;
+
+    
+