zlib(3erl) Erlang Module Definition zlib(3erl)NAME
zlib - Zlib Compression interface.
DESCRIPTION
The module zlib is moved to the runtime system application. Please see zlib(3erl) in the erts reference manual instead.
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LIBZ(3) Library Functions Manual LIBZ(3)NAME
libz - compression/decompression library
SYNOPSIS
[see zlib.h for full description]
DESCRIPTION
The libz (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.
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 (provid-
ing more output space) before each call.
The library also supports reading and writing files in gzip (.gz) format with an interface similar to that of stdio.
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.
All functions of the compression library are documented in the file zlib.h. The distribution source includes examples of use of the
library the files example.c and minigzip.c.
A Java implementation of zlib is available in the Java Development Kit 1.1
http://www.javasoft.com/products/JDK/1.1/docs/api/Package-java.util.zip.html
A Perl interface to zlib, written by Paul Marquess (pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk) is available at CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network)
sites, such as:
ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Compress/Compress-Zlib*
A Python interface to zlib written by A.M. Kuchling <amk@magnet.com> is available from the Python Software Association sites, such as:
ftp://ftp.python.org/pub/python/contrib/Encoding/zlib*.tar.gz
SEE ALSO
Questions about zlib should be sent to:
zlib@quest.jpl.nasa.gov or, if this fails, to the author addresses given below. The zlib home page is:
http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/
The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFC (Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files:
ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1950.txt (zlib format)
rfc1951.txt (deflate format)
rfc1952.txt (gzip format)
These documents are also available in other formats from:
ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/documents/zlib/zdoc-index.html
AUTHORS
Version 1.1.4 Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jean-loup Gailly (jloup@gzip.org) and Mark Adler (madler@alumni.caltech.edu).
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 zlib was defined by Phil Katz. The deflate and zlib specifications were written by L. Peter Deutsch. Thanks to all the
people who reported problems and suggested various improvements in zlib; who are too numerous to cite here.
UNIX manual page by R. P. C. Rodgers, U.S. National Library of Medicine (rodgers@nlm.nih.gov).
NOTES
Source for zlib is available in the SUNWzlibS package.
11 March 2002 LIBZ(3)
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