+#ifdef USE_COMPRESSION
+ // check for gzipped or bzipped file
+ if (endsWith(completeFileName, ".gz") || endsWith(completeFileName, ".bz2")) {
+ string tempName = string(tmpnam(0));
+ mkfifo(tempName.c_str(), 0666);
+ int fork_result = fork();
+ if (fork_result < 0) {
+ cerr << "Error forking.\n";
+ exit(1);
+ } else if (fork_result == 0) {
+ string command = (endsWith(completeFileName, ".gz") ? "zcat " : "bzcat ") + completeFileName + string(" > ") + tempName;
+ cerr << "Decompressing " << completeFileName << " via temporary named pipe " << tempName << "\n";
+ system(command.c_str());
+ cerr << "Done decompressing " << completeFileName << "\n";
+ remove(tempName.c_str());
+ exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+ } else {
+ cerr << "waiting on child process " << fork_result << "\n";
+ completeFileName = tempName;
+ }
+ }
+#endif
+