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1ZLIB DATA COMPRESSION LIBRARY 1ZLIB DATA COMPRESSION LIBRARY
2 2
3zlib 1.2.0.6 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code is 3zlib 1.2.0.7 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code is
4thread safe. The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFCs 4thread safe. The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFCs
5(Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files 5(Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files
6http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1950.txt (zlib format), rfc1951.txt (deflate format) 6http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1950.txt (zlib format), rfc1951.txt (deflate format)
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ and rfc1952.txt (gzip format). These documents are also available in other
8formats from ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/documents/zlib/zdoc-index.html 8formats from ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/documents/zlib/zdoc-index.html
9 9
10All functions of the compression library are documented in the file zlib.h 10All functions of the compression library are documented in the file zlib.h
11(volunteer to write man pages welcome, contact jloup@gzip.org). A usage example 11(volunteer to write man pages welcome, contact zlib@gzip.org). A usage example
12of the library is given in the file example.c which also tests that the library 12of the library is given in the file example.c which also tests that the library
13is working correctly. Another example is given in the file minigzip.c. The 13is working correctly. Another example is given in the file minigzip.c. The
14compression library itself is composed of all source files except example.c and 14compression library itself is composed of all source files except example.c and
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ Mark Nelson <markn@ieee.org> wrote an article about zlib for the Jan. 1997
34issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal; a copy of the article is available in 34issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal; a copy of the article is available in
35http://dogma.net/markn/articles/zlibtool/zlibtool.htm 35http://dogma.net/markn/articles/zlibtool/zlibtool.htm
36 36
37The changes made in version 1.2.0.6 are documented in the file ChangeLog. 37The changes made in version 1.2.0.7 are documented in the file ChangeLog.
38 38
39Unsupported third party contributions are provided in directory "contrib". 39Unsupported third party contributions are provided in directory "contrib".
40 40
41A Java implementation of zlib is available in the Java Development Kit 41A Java implementation of zlib is available in the Java Development Kit
42http://www.javasoft.com/products/JDK/1.1/docs/api/Package-java.util.zip.html 42http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/zip/package-summary.html
43See the zlib home page http://www.zlib.org for details. 43See the zlib home page http://www.zlib.org for details.
44 44
45A Perl interface to zlib written by Paul Marquess <pmqs@cpan.org> is in the 45A Perl interface to zlib written by Paul Marquess <pmqs@cpan.org> is in the
@@ -51,26 +51,16 @@ available in Python 1.5 and later versions, see
51http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-zlib.html 51http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-zlib.html
52 52
53A zlib binding for TCL written by Andreas Kupries <a.kupries@westend.com> is 53A zlib binding for TCL written by Andreas Kupries <a.kupries@westend.com> is
54availlable at http://www.westend.com/~kupries/doc/trf/man/man.html 54availlable at http://www.oche.de/~akupries/soft/trf/trf_zip.html
55 55
56An experimental package to read and write files in .zip format, written on top 56An experimental package to read and write files in .zip format, written on top
57of zlib by Gilles Vollant <info@winimage.com>, is available at 57of zlib by Gilles Vollant <info@winimage.com>, is available in the
58http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/unzip.html and also in the contrib/minizip 58contrib/minizip directory of zlib.
59directory of zlib.
60 59
61 60
62Notes for some targets: 61Notes for some targets:
63 62
64- To build a Windows DLL version, include in a DLL project zlib.def, zlib.rc 63- For Windows DLL versions, please see win32/DLL_FAQ.txt
65 and all .c files except example.c and minigzip.c; compile with -DZLIB_DLL The
66 zlib DLL support was initially done by Alessandro Iacopetti and is now
67 maintained by Gilles Vollant <info@winimage.com>. Check the zlib DLL home
68 page at http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll
69
70 From Visual Basic, you can call the DLL functions which do not take a
71 structure as argument: compress, uncompress and all gz* functions. See
72 contrib/visual-basic.txt for more information, or get
73 http://www.tcfb.com/dowseware/cmp-z-it.zip
74 64
75- For 64-bit Irix, deflate.c must be compiled without any optimization. With 65- For 64-bit Irix, deflate.c must be compiled without any optimization. With
76 -O, one libpng test fails. The test works in 32 bit mode (with the -n32 66 -O, one libpng test fails. The test works in 32 bit mode (with the -n32
@@ -90,8 +80,11 @@ Notes for some targets:
90- For Turbo C the small model is supported only with reduced performance to 80- For Turbo C the small model is supported only with reduced performance to
91 avoid any far allocation; it was tested with -DMAX_WBITS=11 -DMAX_MEM_LEVEL=3 81 avoid any far allocation; it was tested with -DMAX_WBITS=11 -DMAX_MEM_LEVEL=3
92 82
93- For PalmOs, see http://www.cs.uit.no/~perm/PASTA/pilot/software.html Per 83- For PalmOs, see http://palmzlib.sourceforge.net/
94 Harald Myrvang <perm@stud.cs.uit.no> 84
85- When building a shared, i.e. dynamic library on Mac OS X, the library must be
86 installed before testing (do "make install" before "make test"), since the
87 library location is specified in the library.
95 88
96 89
97Acknowledgments: 90Acknowledgments:
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