flate.go

import(
"compress/flate"
"os"
"io"
)

func main(){
       inFile,err := os.Open("something.txt",os.O_RDONLY,0666)
       if err != nil { panic(err.String())}
       defer inFile.Close()

       outFile,err := os.Open("compressed.zip", os.O_CREATE | os.O_WRONLY,0666)
       if err != nil { panic(err.String())}
       defer inFile.Close()

       compressor := flate.NewWriter(outFile,flate.BestCompression)
       defer compressor.Close()

       _,err = io.Copy(compressor, inFile)
       if err != nil {panic(err.String())}

}