This directory contains examples of the use of zlib.

fitblk.c

    compress just enough input to nearly fill a requested output size

    - zlib isn't designed to do this, but fitblk does it anyway

gun.c

    uncompress a gzip file

    - illustrates the use of inflateBack() for high speed file-to-file

      decompression using call-back functions

    - is approximately twice as fast as gzip -d

    - also provides Unix uncompress functionality, again twice as fast

gzappend.c

    append to a gzip file

    - illustrates the use of the Z_BLOCK flush parameter for inflate()

    - illustrates the use of deflatePrime() to start at any bit

gzjoin.c

    join gzip files without recalculating the crc or recompressing

    - illustrates the use of the Z_BLOCK flush parameter for inflate()

    - illustrates the use of crc32_combine()

gzlog.c

gzlog.h

    efficiently maintain a message log file in gzip format

    - illustrates use of raw deflate and Z_SYNC_FLUSH

    - illustrates use of gzip header extra field

zlib_how.html

    painfully comprehensive description of zpipe.c (see below)

    - describes in excruciating detail the use of deflate() and inflate()

zpipe.c

    reads and writes zlib streams from stdin to stdout

    - illustrates the proper use of deflate() and inflate()

    - deeply commented in zlib_how.html (see above)

zran.c

    index a zlib or gzip stream and randomly access it

    - illustrates the use of Z_BLOCK, inflatePrime(), and

      inflateSetDictionary() to provide random access