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zlib 1.0 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code
is reentrant (thread safe). The data format used by the zlib library
is described in the files zlib-3.3.doc, deflate-1.3.doc and
gzip-4.3.doc, available in ftp://ftp.uu.net/pub/archiving/zip/doc/
zlib 1.0 is a general purpose data compression library.
All the code is reentrant (thread safe).
The data format used by the zlib library is described in the
files zlib-3.2.doc, deflate-1.2.doc and gzip-4.2.doc, available
in ftp://ftp.uu.net/pub/archiving/zip/doc
All functions of the compression library are documented in the file
zlib.h. A usage example of the library is given in the file example.c
which also tests that the library is working correctly. Another
example is given in the file minigzip.c. The compression library itself
is composed of all source files except example.c and minigzip.c.
example is given in the file minigzip.c.
To compile all files and run the test program, follow the instructions
given at the top of Makefile. In short "make test; make install"
should work for most machines. For MSDOS, use one of the special
makefiles such as Makefile.msc; for VMS, use Make_vms.com or descrip.mms.
To compile all files and run the test program, just type: make test
(For MSDOS, use one of the special makefiles such as Makefile.msc;
for VMS, use Make_vms.com or descrip.mms.)
To install the zlib library (libz.a) in /usr/local/lib, type: make install
To install in a different directory, use for example:
make install prefix=$HOME
This will install in $HOME/lib instead of /usr/local/lib.
Questions about zlib should be sent to <zlib@quest.jpl.nasa.gov> or,
if this fails, to the addresses given below in the Copyright section.
Questions about zlib should be sent to <zlib@quest.jpl.nasa.gov>.
The changes made in version 1.0 are documented in the file ChangeLog.
The main changes since 0.95 are:
- allow preset dictionary shared between compressor and decompressor
- allow compression level 0 (no compression)
- add deflateParams in zlib.h: allow dynamic change of compression level
and compression strategy.
- test large buffers and deflateParams in example.c
- add optional "configure" to build zlib as a shared library
- suppress Makefile.qnx, use configure instead
- fixes for 64-bit systems (needed for Alpha and Cray)
- declare Z_DEFLATED in zlib.h (possible parameter for deflateInit2)
- fixes for 64-bit systems (needed for Alpha and Cray)
- always return Z_BUF_ERROR when deflate() has nothing to do
- deflateInit and inflateInit are now macros to allow version checking
- prefix all global functions and types with z_ with -DZ_PREFIX
- fix some very unlikely race conditions in multi-threaded environment
- fix some very unlikely race conditions.
- several minor fixes for better portability
- free in reverse order of allocation to help memory manager
- use zlib-1.0/* instead of zlib/* inside the tar.gz
- make zlib warning-free with "gcc -O3 -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wpointer-arith
-Wconversion -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes"
- allow gzread on concatenated .gz files
- deflateEnd now returns Z_DATA_ERROR if it was premature
- deflate is finally (?) fully deterministic
Notes for some targets:
- For Turbo C the small model is supported only with reduced performance to
avoid any far allocation; it was tested with -DMAX_WBITS=11 -DMAX_MEM_LEVEL=3
- For MSDOS, the small and medium models have been tested only with
Microsoft C. (This should work for Borland C also, but I don't have
a Borland compiler to test with.) The small model was tested with
Turbo C but only with reduced performance to avoid any far
allocation; it was tested with -DMAX_WBITS=11 -DMAX_MEM_LEVEL=3
MS Visual C++1.5 in far model gives:
warning C4746: 'z_errmsg' : unsized array treated as '__far'
warning C4746: 'inflate_mask' : unsized array treated as '__far'
Ignore those warnings.
- For 64-bit Iris, deflate.c must be compiled without any optimization.
With -O, one libpng test fails. The test works in 32 bit mode (with the
-32 compiler flag).
- zlib doesn't work with gcc 2.6.3 on a DEC 3000/300LX under OSF/1 2.1
it works when compiled with cc.
- zlib doesn't work on HP-UX 9.05 with one cc compiler (the one not
accepting the -O option). It works with the other cc compiler.
A Perl interface to zlib written by Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk>
is in the CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites, such as:
ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Compress/Compress-Zlib*
Acknowledgments:
The deflate format used by zlib was defined by Phil Katz. The deflate
and zlib specifications were written by Peter Deutsch. Thanks to all the
people who reported problems and suggested various improvements in zlib;
they are too numerous to cite here.
Copyright notice: