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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+use strict;
+use Archive::Zip qw(:CONSTANTS :ERROR_CODES);
+use IO::String;
+use IO::File;
+
+# test writing to a scalar
+my $zipContents = '';
+my $SH = IO::String->new($zipContents);
+
+my $zip = Archive::Zip->new();
+my $member = $zip->addString('a' x 300, 'bunchOfAs.txt');
+$member->desiredCompressionMethod(COMPRESSION_DEFLATED);
+$member = $zip->addString('b' x 300, 'bunchOfBs.txt');
+$member->desiredCompressionMethod(COMPRESSION_DEFLATED);
+my $status = $zip->writeToFileHandle( $SH );
+
+my $file = IO::File->new('test.zip', 'w');
+binmode($file);
+$file->print($zipContents);
+$file->close();
+