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author | Mark Adler <madler@alumni.caltech.edu> | 2011-09-09 23:32:36 -0700 |
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committer | Mark Adler <madler@alumni.caltech.edu> | 2011-09-09 23:32:36 -0700 |
commit | 67cc20d0041a32bee12bd9eb20ae218f91b73f77 (patch) | |
tree | d7e1b94bd15c30efd57cf9036f5fe89306b6bba0 /zlib.3 | |
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zlib 1.2.4-pre1v1.2.4-pre1
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ | |||
1 | .TH ZLIB 3 "21 February 2010" | 1 | .TH ZLIB 3 "11 March 2010" |
2 | .SH NAME | 2 | .SH NAME |
3 | zlib \- compression/decompression library | 3 | zlib \- compression/decompression library |
4 | .SH SYNOPSIS | 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ for full description] | |||
9 | The | 9 | The |
10 | .I zlib | 10 | .I zlib |
11 | library is a general purpose data compression library. | 11 | library is a general purpose data compression library. |
12 | The code is thread safe. | 12 | The code is thread safe, assuming that the standard library functions |
13 | used are thread safe, such as memory allocation routines. | ||
13 | It provides in-memory compression and decompression functions, | 14 | It provides in-memory compression and decompression functions, |
14 | including integrity checks of the uncompressed data. | 15 | including integrity checks of the uncompressed data. |
15 | This version of the library supports only one compression method (deflation) | 16 | This version of the library supports only one compression method (deflation) |
16 | but other algorithms will be added later | 17 | but other algorithms may be added later |
17 | and will have the same stream interface. | 18 | with the same stream interface. |
18 | .LP | 19 | .LP |
19 | Compression can be done in a single step if the buffers are large enough | 20 | Compression can be done in a single step if the buffers are large enough |
20 | or can be done by repeated calls of the compression function. | 21 | or can be done by repeated calls of the compression function. |
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ with an interface similar to that of stdio. | |||
29 | .LP | 30 | .LP |
30 | The library does not install any signal handler. | 31 | The library does not install any signal handler. |
31 | The decoder checks the consistency of the compressed data, | 32 | The decoder checks the consistency of the compressed data, |
32 | so the library should never crash even in case of corrupted input. | 33 | so the library should never crash even in the case of corrupted input. |
33 | .LP | 34 | .LP |
34 | All functions of the compression library are documented in the file | 35 | All functions of the compression library are documented in the file |
35 | .IR zlib.h . | 36 | .IR zlib.h . |
@@ -37,18 +38,19 @@ The distribution source includes examples of use of the library | |||
37 | in the files | 38 | in the files |
38 | .I example.c | 39 | .I example.c |
39 | and | 40 | and |
40 | .IR minigzip.c . | 41 | .IR minigzip.c, |
42 | as well as other examples in the | ||
43 | .IR examples/ | ||
44 | directory. | ||
41 | .LP | 45 | .LP |
42 | Changes to this version are documented in the file | 46 | Changes to this version are documented in the file |
43 | .I ChangeLog | 47 | .I ChangeLog |
44 | that accompanies the source, | 48 | that accompanies the source. |
45 | and are concerned primarily with bug fixes and portability enhancements. | ||
46 | .LP | 49 | .LP |
47 | A Java implementation of | ||
48 | .I zlib | 50 | .I zlib |
49 | is available in the Java Development Kit 1.1: | 51 | is available in Java using the java.util.zip package: |
50 | .IP | 52 | .IP |
51 | http://www.javasoft.com/products/JDK/1.1/docs/api/Package-java.util.zip.html | 53 | http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Programming/compression/ |
52 | .LP | 54 | .LP |
53 | A Perl interface to | 55 | A Perl interface to |
54 | .IR zlib , | 56 | .IR zlib , |
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ written by Paul Marquess (pmqs@cpan.org), | |||
56 | is available at CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites, | 58 | is available at CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites, |
57 | including: | 59 | including: |
58 | .IP | 60 | .IP |
59 | http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Compress/ | 61 | http://search.cpan.org/~pmqs/IO-Compress-Zlib/ |
60 | .LP | 62 | .LP |
61 | A Python interface to | 63 | A Python interface to |
62 | .IR zlib , | 64 | .IR zlib , |
@@ -65,14 +67,11 @@ is available in Python 1.5 and later versions: | |||
65 | .IP | 67 | .IP |
66 | http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-zlib.html | 68 | http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-zlib.html |
67 | .LP | 69 | .LP |
68 | A | ||
69 | .I zlib | 70 | .I zlib |
70 | binding for | 71 | is built into |
71 | .IR tcl (1), | 72 | .IR tcl: |
72 | written by Andreas Kupries (a.kupries@westend.com), | ||
73 | is availlable at: | ||
74 | .IP | 73 | .IP |
75 | http://www.westend.com/~kupries/doc/trf/man/man.html | 74 | http://wiki.tcl.tk/4610 |
76 | .LP | 75 | .LP |
77 | An experimental package to read and write files in .zip format, | 76 | An experimental package to read and write files in .zip format, |
78 | written on top of | 77 | written on top of |
@@ -80,40 +79,34 @@ written on top of | |||
80 | by Gilles Vollant (info@winimage.com), | 79 | by Gilles Vollant (info@winimage.com), |
81 | is available at: | 80 | is available at: |
82 | .IP | 81 | .IP |
83 | http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/unzip.html | 82 | http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/minizip.html |
84 | and also in the | 83 | and also in the |
85 | .I contrib/minizip | 84 | .I contrib/minizip |
86 | directory of the main | 85 | directory of the main |
87 | .I zlib | 86 | .I zlib |
88 | web site. | 87 | source distribution. |
89 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | 88 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
90 | The | 89 | The |
91 | .I zlib | 90 | .I zlib |
92 | web site can be found at either of these locations: | 91 | web site can be found at: |
93 | .IP | 92 | .IP |
94 | http://www.zlib.org | 93 | http://zlib.net/ |
95 | .br | ||
96 | http://www.gzip.org/zlib/ | ||
97 | .LP | 94 | .LP |
98 | The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFC | 95 | The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFC |
99 | (Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files: | 96 | (Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files: |
100 | .IP | 97 | .IP |
101 | http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1950.txt (concerning zlib format) | 98 | http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1950.txt (for the zlib header and trailer format) |
102 | .br | 99 | .br |
103 | http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1951.txt (concerning deflate format) | 100 | http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1951.txt (for the deflate compressed data format) |
104 | .br | 101 | .br |
105 | http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1952.txt (concerning gzip format) | 102 | http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1952.txt (for the gzip header and trailer format) |
106 | .LP | ||
107 | These documents are also available in other formats from: | ||
108 | .IP | ||
109 | ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/documents/zlib/zdoc-index.html | ||
110 | .LP | 103 | .LP |
111 | Mark Nelson (markn@ieee.org) wrote an article about | 104 | Mark Nelson wrote an article about |
112 | .I zlib | 105 | .I zlib |
113 | for the Jan. 1997 issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal; | 106 | for the Jan. 1997 issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal; |
114 | a copy of the article is available at: | 107 | a copy of the article is available at: |
115 | .IP | 108 | .IP |
116 | http://dogma.net/markn/articles/zlibtool/zlibtool.htm | 109 | http://marknelson.us/1997/01/01/zlib-engine/ |
117 | .SH "REPORTING PROBLEMS" | 110 | .SH "REPORTING PROBLEMS" |
118 | Before reporting a problem, | 111 | Before reporting a problem, |
119 | please check the | 112 | please check the |
@@ -126,13 +119,13 @@ Please read the | |||
126 | .I zlib | 119 | .I zlib |
127 | FAQ at: | 120 | FAQ at: |
128 | .IP | 121 | .IP |
129 | http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html | 122 | http://zlib.net/zlib_faq.html |
130 | .LP | 123 | .LP |
131 | before asking for help. | 124 | before asking for help. |
132 | Send questions and/or comments to zlib@gzip.org, | 125 | Send questions and/or comments to zlib@gzip.org, |
133 | or (for the Windows DLL version) to Gilles Vollant (info@winimage.com). | 126 | or (for the Windows DLL version) to Gilles Vollant (info@winimage.com). |
134 | .SH AUTHORS | 127 | .SH AUTHORS |
135 | Version 1.2.3.9 | 128 | Version 1.2.4 |
136 | Copyright (C) 1995-2010 Jean-loup Gailly (jloup@gzip.org) | 129 | Copyright (C) 1995-2010 Jean-loup Gailly (jloup@gzip.org) |
137 | and Mark Adler (madler@alumni.caltech.edu). | 130 | and Mark Adler (madler@alumni.caltech.edu). |
138 | .LP | 131 | .LP |