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diff --git a/Master/texmf/doc/man/man3/zlib.3 b/Master/texmf/doc/man/man3/zlib.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..890098449dd --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf/doc/man/man3/zlib.3 @@ -0,0 +1,159 @@ +.TH ZLIB 3 "17 November 2003" +.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 +.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. +.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 +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 +.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 (pmqs@cpan.org), +is available at CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites, +including: +.IP +http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Compress/ +.LP +A Python interface to +.IR zlib , +written by A.M. Kuchling (amk@magnet.com), +is available in Python 1.5 and later versions: +.IP +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 +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.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: +.IP +http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1950.txt (concerning zlib format) +.br +http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1951.txt (concerning deflate format) +.br +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 1.2.1 +Copyright (C) 1995-2003 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 |