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zlib 1.0.1 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code
zlib 1.0.2 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 various formats from
ftp://swrinde.nde.swri.edu/pub/png/documents/zlib/
is described by RFCs (Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files
ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1950.txt (zlib format), rfc1951.txt (deflate
format) and rfc1952.txt (gzip format). These documents are also available in
other formats from ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/documents/zlib/zdoc-index.html
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
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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.
The changes made in version 1.0.1 are documented in the file ChangeLog.
Version number 1.0 was skipped to avoid confusion with version 0.99
which had some references to 1.0 already. The main changes since 0.99 are:
The changes made in version 1.0.2 are documented in the file ChangeLog.
The main changes since 0.99 are:
- fix array overlay in deflate.c which sometimes caused bad compressed data
- fix inflate bug with empty stored block
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- new makefiles for DJGPP (Makefile.dj2), 32-bit Borland (Makefile.b32),
Watcom (Makefile.wat), Amiga SAS/C (Makefile.sas)
- several portability improvements
- added algorithm.doc
- added Windows DLL support
- added a function zlibVersion (for the DLL support)
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*
Notes for some targets:
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- 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*
- To build a Windows DLL version, include in a DLL project zlib.def, zlib.rc
and all .c files except example.c and minigzip.c; compile with -DZLIB_DLL
For help on building a zlib DLL, contact Alessandro Iacopetti
<iaco@cicladi.unial.it>
Acknowledgments: