X-Git-Url: https://oss.titaniummirror.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=zlib%2Fzlib.3;h=90b8162870fdd5aa5354c12f087c5497e01d3bac;hb=6fed43773c9b0ce596dca5686f37ac3fc0fa11c0;hp=3a6e45047fe5546aebd6aa4053460a59d527579b;hpb=27b11d56b743098deb193d510b337ba22dc52e5c;p=msp430-gcc.git diff --git a/zlib/zlib.3 b/zlib/zlib.3 index 3a6e4504..90b81628 100644 --- a/zlib/zlib.3 +++ b/zlib/zlib.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH ZLIB 3 "11 March 2002" +.TH ZLIB 3 "18 July 2005" .SH NAME zlib \- compression/decompression library .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ The code is thread safe. It provides in-memory compression and decompression functions, including integrity checks of the uncompressed data. This version of the library supports only one compression method (deflation) -but other algorithms will be added later and will have the same stream interface. +but other algorithms will be added later +and will have the same stream interface. .LP Compression can be done in a single step if the buffers are large enough (for example if an input file is mmap'ed), @@ -23,66 +24,117 @@ the application must provide more input and/or consume the output (providing more output space) before each call. .LP The library also supports reading and writing files in -.I gzip +.IR gzip (1) (.gz) format with an interface similar to that of stdio. .LP -The library does not install any signal handler. The decoder checks -the consistency of the compressed data, so the library should never -crash even in case of corrupted input. +The library does not install any signal handler. +The decoder checks the consistency of the compressed data, +so the library should never crash even in case of corrupted input. .LP All functions of the compression library are documented in the file -.IR zlib.h. +.IR zlib.h . The distribution source includes examples of use of the library -the files +in the files .I example.c and .IR minigzip.c . .LP +Changes to this version are documented in the file +.I ChangeLog +that accompanies the source, +and are concerned primarily with bug fixes and portability enhancements. +.LP A Java implementation of -.IR zlib -is available in the Java Development Kit 1.1 +.I zlib +is available in the Java Development Kit 1.1: .IP http://www.javasoft.com/products/JDK/1.1/docs/api/Package-java.util.zip.html .LP A Perl interface to .IR zlib , -written by Paul Marquess (pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk) +written by Paul Marquess (pmqs@cpan.org), is available at CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites, -such as: +including: .IP -ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Compress/Compress-Zlib* +http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Compress/ .LP A Python interface to -.IR zlib -written by A.M. Kuchling -is available from the Python Software Association sites, such as: +.IR zlib , +written by A.M. Kuchling (amk@magnet.com), +is available in Python 1.5 and later versions: .IP -ftp://ftp.python.org/pub/python/contrib/Encoding/zlib*.tar.gz -.SH "SEE ALSO" -Questions about zlib should be sent to: +http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-zlib.html +.LP +A +.I zlib +binding for +.IR tcl (1), +written by Andreas Kupries (a.kupries@westend.com), +is availlable at: .IP -zlib@quest.jpl.nasa.gov -or, if this fails, to the author addresses given below. -The zlib home page is: +http://www.westend.com/~kupries/doc/trf/man/man.html +.LP +An experimental package to read and write files in .zip format, +written on top of +.I zlib +by Gilles Vollant (info@winimage.com), +is available at: +.IP +http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/unzip.html +and also in the +.I contrib/minizip +directory of the main +.I zlib +web site. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +The +.I zlib +web site can be found at either of these locations: .IP -http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/ +http://www.zlib.org +.br +http://www.gzip.org/zlib/ .LP The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFC -(Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files: +(Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files: .IP -ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1950.txt (zlib format) +http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1950.txt (concerning zlib format) .br -rfc1951.txt (deflate format) +http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1951.txt (concerning deflate format) .br -rfc1952.txt (gzip format) +http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1952.txt (concerning gzip format) .LP These documents are also available in other formats from: .IP ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/documents/zlib/zdoc-index.html +.LP +Mark Nelson (markn@ieee.org) wrote an article about +.I zlib +for the Jan. 1997 issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal; +a copy of the article is available at: +.IP +http://dogma.net/markn/articles/zlibtool/zlibtool.htm +.SH "REPORTING PROBLEMS" +Before reporting a problem, +please check the +.I zlib +web site to verify that you have the latest version of +.IR zlib ; +otherwise, +obtain the latest version and see if the problem still exists. +Please read the +.I zlib +FAQ at: +.IP +http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html +.LP +before asking for help. +Send questions and/or comments to zlib@gzip.org, +or (for the Windows DLL version) to Gilles Vollant (info@winimage.com). .SH AUTHORS -Version 1.1.4 -Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jean-loup Gailly (jloup@gzip.org) +Version 1.2.3 +Copyright (C) 1995-2005 Jean-loup Gailly (jloup@gzip.org) and Mark Adler (madler@alumni.caltech.edu). .LP This software is provided "as-is,"