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@@ -122,8 +122,16 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html | |||
122 | 122 | ||
123 | 18. Well that's nice, but how do I make a gzip file in memory? | 123 | 18. Well that's nice, but how do I make a gzip file in memory? |
124 | 124 | ||
125 | Read RFC 1952 for the gzip header and trailer format, and roll your own | 125 | You can request that deflate write the gzip format instead of the zlib |
126 | gzip formatted data using raw deflate and crc32(). | 126 | format using deflateInit2(). You can also request that inflate decode |
127 | the gzip format using inflateInit2(). Read zlib.h for more details. | ||
128 | |||
129 | Note that you cannot specify special gzip header contents (e.g. a file | ||
130 | name or modification date), nor will inflate tell you what was in the | ||
131 | gzip header. If you need to customize the header or see what's in it, | ||
132 | you can use the raw deflate and inflate operations and the crc32() | ||
133 | function and roll your own gzip encoding and decoding. Read the gzip | ||
134 | RFC 1952 for details of the header and trailer format. | ||
127 | 135 | ||
128 | 19. Is zlib thread-safe? | 136 | 19. Is zlib thread-safe? |
129 | 137 | ||
@@ -253,7 +261,7 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html | |||
253 | 32. Is there a Java version of zlib? | 261 | 32. Is there a Java version of zlib? |
254 | 262 | ||
255 | Probably what you want is to use zlib in Java. zlib is already included | 263 | Probably what you want is to use zlib in Java. zlib is already included |
256 | as part of the Java SDK in the java.util.zip class. If you really want | 264 | as part of the Java SDK in the java.util.zip package. If you really want |
257 | a version of zlib written in the Java language, look on the zlib home | 265 | a version of zlib written in the Java language, look on the zlib home |
258 | page for links: http://www.zlib.org/ | 266 | page for links: http://www.zlib.org/ |
259 | 267 | ||