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ZLIB DATA COMPRESSION LIBRARY |
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ZLIB DATA COMPRESSION LIBRARY |
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zlib 1.2.5 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code is |
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zlib 1.2.8 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code is |
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thread safe. The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFCs |
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thread safe. The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFCs |
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(Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files |
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(Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files |
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http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1950.txt (zlib format), rfc1951.txt (deflate format) |
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http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1950 (zlib format), rfc1951 (deflate format) and |
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and rfc1952.txt (gzip format). |
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rfc1952 (gzip format). |
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All functions of the compression library are documented in the file zlib.h |
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All functions of the compression library are documented in the file zlib.h |
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(volunteer to write man pages welcome, contact zlib@gzip.org). A usage example |
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(volunteer to write man pages welcome, contact zlib@gzip.org). A usage example |
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of the library is given in the file example.c which also tests that the library |
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of the library is given in the file test/example.c which also tests that |
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is working correctly. Another example is given in the file minigzip.c. The |
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the library is working correctly. Another example is given in the file |
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compression library itself is composed of all source files except example.c and |
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test/minigzip.c. The compression library itself is composed of all source |
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minigzip.c. |
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files in the root directory. |
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To compile all files and run the test program, follow the instructions given at |
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To compile all files and run the test program, follow the instructions given at |
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the top of Makefile.in. In short "./configure; make test", and if that goes |
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the top of Makefile.in. In short "./configure; make test", and if that goes |
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well, "make install" should work for most flavors of Unix. For Windows, use one |
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well, "make install" should work for most flavors of Unix. For Windows, use |
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of the special makefiles in win32/ or contrib/vstudio/ . For VMS, use |
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one of the special makefiles in win32/ or contrib/vstudio/ . For VMS, use |
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make_vms.com. |
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make_vms.com. |
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Mark Nelson wrote an article about zlib for the Jan. 1997 |
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Mark Nelson wrote an article about zlib for the Jan. 1997 |
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issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal; a copy of the article is available at |
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issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal; a copy of the article is available at |
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http://marknelson.us/1997/01/01/zlib-engine/ . |
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http://marknelson.us/1997/01/01/zlib-engine/ . |
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The changes made in version 1.2.5 are documented in the file ChangeLog. |
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The changes made in version 1.2.8 are documented in the file ChangeLog. |
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at CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites, including |
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at CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites, including |
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http://search.cpan.org/~pmqs/IO-Compress-Zlib/ . |
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http://search.cpan.org/~pmqs/IO-Compress-Zlib/ . |
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A Python interface to zlib written by A.M. Kuchling is |
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A Python interface to zlib written by A.M. Kuchling is |
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available in Python 1.5 and later versions, see |
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available in Python 1.5 and later versions, see |
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http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-zlib.html . |
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http://docs.python.org/library/zlib.html . |
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zlib is built into tcl: http://wiki.tcl.tk/4610 . |
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zlib is built into tcl: http://wiki.tcl.tk/4610 . |
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people who reported problems and suggested various improvements in zlib; they |
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people who reported problems and suggested various improvements in zlib; they |
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are too numerous to cite here. |
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are too numerous to cite here. |
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Copyright notice: |
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Copyright notice: |
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(C) 1995-2010 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler |
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(C) 1995-2013 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler |
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