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1 .TH ZLIB 3 "18 July 2005" | |
2 .SH NAME | |
3 zlib \- compression/decompression library | |
4 .SH SYNOPSIS | |
5 [see | |
6 .I zlib.h | |
7 for full description] | |
8 .SH DESCRIPTION | |
9 The | |
10 .I zlib | |
11 library is a general purpose data compression library. | |
12 The code is thread safe. | |
13 It provides in-memory compression and decompression functions, | |
14 including integrity checks of the uncompressed data. | |
15 This version of the library supports only one compression method (deflation) | |
16 but other algorithms will be added later | |
17 and will have the same stream interface. | |
18 .LP | |
19 Compression can be done in a single step if the buffers are large enough | |
20 (for example if an input file is mmap'ed), | |
21 or can be done by repeated calls of the compression function. | |
22 In the latter case, | |
23 the application must provide more input and/or consume the output | |
24 (providing more output space) before each call. | |
25 .LP | |
26 The library also supports reading and writing files in | |
27 .IR gzip (1) | |
28 (.gz) format | |
29 with an interface similar to that of stdio. | |
30 .LP | |
31 The library does not install any signal handler. | |
32 The decoder checks the consistency of the compressed data, | |
33 so the library should never crash even in case of corrupted input. | |
34 .LP | |
35 All functions of the compression library are documented in the file | |
36 .IR zlib.h . | |
37 The distribution source includes examples of use of the library | |
38 in the files | |
39 .I example.c | |
40 and | |
41 .IR minigzip.c . | |
42 .LP | |
43 Changes to this version are documented in the file | |
44 .I ChangeLog | |
45 that accompanies the source, | |
46 and are concerned primarily with bug fixes and portability enhancements. | |
47 .LP | |
48 A Java implementation of | |
49 .I zlib | |
50 is available in the Java Development Kit 1.1: | |
51 .IP | |
52 http://www.javasoft.com/products/JDK/1.1/docs/api/Package-java.util.zip.html | |
53 .LP | |
54 A Perl interface to | |
55 .IR zlib , | |
56 written by Paul Marquess (pmqs@cpan.org), | |
57 is available at CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites, | |
58 including: | |
59 .IP | |
60 http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Compress/ | |
61 .LP | |
62 A Python interface to | |
63 .IR zlib , | |
64 written by A.M. Kuchling (amk@magnet.com), | |
65 is available in Python 1.5 and later versions: | |
66 .IP | |
67 http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-zlib.html | |
68 .LP | |
69 A | |
70 .I zlib | |
71 binding for | |
72 .IR tcl (1), | |
73 written by Andreas Kupries (a.kupries@westend.com), | |
74 is availlable at: | |
75 .IP | |
76 http://www.westend.com/~kupries/doc/trf/man/man.html | |
77 .LP | |
78 An experimental package to read and write files in .zip format, | |
79 written on top of | |
80 .I zlib | |
81 by Gilles Vollant (info@winimage.com), | |
82 is available at: | |
83 .IP | |
84 http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/unzip.html | |
85 and also in the | |
86 .I contrib/minizip | |
87 directory of the main | |
88 .I zlib | |
89 web site. | |
90 .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
91 The | |
92 .I zlib | |
93 web site can be found at either of these locations: | |
94 .IP | |
95 http://www.zlib.org | |
96 .br | |
97 http://www.gzip.org/zlib/ | |
98 .LP | |
99 The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFC | |
100 (Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files: | |
101 .IP | |
102 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1950.txt (concerning zlib format) | |
103 .br | |
104 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1951.txt (concerning deflate format) | |
105 .br | |
106 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1952.txt (concerning gzip format) | |
107 .LP | |
108 These documents are also available in other formats from: | |
109 .IP | |
110 ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/documents/zlib/zdoc-index.html | |
111 .LP | |
112 Mark Nelson (markn@ieee.org) wrote an article about | |
113 .I zlib | |
114 for the Jan. 1997 issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal; | |
115 a copy of the article is available at: | |
116 .IP | |
117 http://dogma.net/markn/articles/zlibtool/zlibtool.htm | |
118 .SH "REPORTING PROBLEMS" | |
119 Before reporting a problem, | |
120 please check the | |
121 .I zlib | |
122 web site to verify that you have the latest version of | |
123 .IR zlib ; | |
124 otherwise, | |
125 obtain the latest version and see if the problem still exists. | |
126 Please read the | |
127 .I zlib | |
128 FAQ at: | |
129 .IP | |
130 http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html | |
131 .LP | |
132 before asking for help. | |
133 Send questions and/or comments to zlib@gzip.org, | |
134 or (for the Windows DLL version) to Gilles Vollant (info@winimage.com). | |
135 .SH AUTHORS | |
136 Version 1.2.3 | |
137 Copyright (C) 1995-2005 Jean-loup Gailly (jloup@gzip.org) | |
138 and Mark Adler (madler@alumni.caltech.edu). | |
139 .LP | |
140 This software is provided "as-is," | |
141 without any express or implied warranty. | |
142 In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages | |
143 arising from the use of this software. | |
144 See the distribution directory with respect to requirements | |
145 governing redistribution. | |
146 The deflate format used by | |
147 .I zlib | |
148 was defined by Phil Katz. | |
149 The deflate and | |
150 .I zlib | |
151 specifications were written by L. Peter Deutsch. | |
152 Thanks to all the people who reported problems and suggested various | |
153 improvements in | |
154 .IR zlib ; | |
155 who are too numerous to cite here. | |
156 .LP | |
157 UNIX manual page by R. P. C. Rodgers, | |
158 U.S. National Library of Medicine (rodgers@nlm.nih.gov). | |
159 .\" end of man page |