+++ /dev/null
-.TH ZLIB 3 "11 March 2002"
-.SH NAME
-zlib \- compression/decompression library
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-[see
-.I zlib.h
-for full description]
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-The
-.I zlib
-library is a general purpose data compression library.
-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.
-.LP
-Compression can be done in a single step if the buffers are large enough
-(for example if an input file is mmap'ed),
-or can be done by repeated calls of the compression function.
-In the latter case,
-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
-(.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.
-.LP
-All functions of the compression library are documented in the file
-.IR zlib.h.
-The distribution source includes examples of use of the library
-the files
-.I example.c
-and
-.IR minigzip.c .
-.LP
-A Java implementation of
-.IR 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)
-is available at CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites,
-such as:
-.IP
-ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Compress/Compress-Zlib*
-.LP
-A Python interface to
-.IR zlib
-written by A.M. Kuchling <amk@magnet.com>
-is available from the Python Software Association sites, such as:
-.IP
-ftp://ftp.python.org/pub/python/contrib/Encoding/zlib*.tar.gz
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-Questions about zlib should be sent to:
-.IP
-zlib@quest.jpl.nasa.gov
-or, if this fails, to the author addresses given below.
-The zlib home page is:
-.IP
-http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/
-.LP
-The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFC
-(Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files:
-.IP
-ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1950.txt (zlib format)
-.br
-rfc1951.txt (deflate format)
-.br
-rfc1952.txt (gzip format)
-.LP
-These documents are also available in other formats from:
-.IP
-ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/documents/zlib/zdoc-index.html
-.SH AUTHORS
-Version 1.1.4
-Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jean-loup Gailly (jloup@gzip.org)
-and Mark Adler (madler@alumni.caltech.edu).
-.LP
-This software is provided "as-is,"
-without any express or implied warranty.
-In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
-arising from the use of this software.
-See the distribution directory with respect to requirements
-governing redistribution.
-The deflate format used by
-.I zlib
-was defined by Phil Katz.
-The deflate and
-.I zlib
-specifications were written by L. Peter Deutsch.
-Thanks to all the people who reported problems and suggested various
-improvements in
-.IR zlib ;
-who are too numerous to cite here.
-.LP
-UNIX manual page by R. P. C. Rodgers,
-U.S. National Library of Medicine (rodgers@nlm.nih.gov).
-.\" end of man page
projects / rrdtool.git / blobdiff