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     4  zlib general purpose compression library version 1.1.4
       
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    10 <h1> zlib 1.1.4 Manual </h1>
       
    11 <hr>
       
    12 <a name="Contents"><h2>Contents</h2>
       
    13 <ol type="I">
       
    14 <li> <a href="#Prologue">Prologue</a>
       
    15 <li> <a href="#Introduction">Introduction</a>
       
    16 <li> <a href="#Utility functions">Utility functions</a>
       
    17 <li> <a href="#Basic functions">Basic functions</a>
       
    18 <li> <a href="#Advanced functions">Advanced functions</a>
       
    19 <li> <a href="#Constants">Constants</a>
       
    20 <li> <a href="#struct z_stream_s">struct z_stream_s</a>
       
    21 <li> <a href="#Checksum functions">Checksum functions</a>
       
    22 <li> <a href="#Misc">Misc</a>
       
    23 </ol>
       
    24 <hr>
       
    25 <a name="Prologue"><h2> Prologue </h2>
       
    26   'zlib' general purpose compression library version 1.1.4, March 11th, 2002
       
    27   <p>
       
    28   Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
       
    29   <p>
       
    30   This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
       
    31   warranty.  In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
       
    32   arising from the use of this software.
       
    33   <p>
       
    34   Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
       
    35   including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
       
    36   freely, subject to the following restrictions:
       
    37   <ol>
       
    38    <li> The origin of this software must not be misrepresented ; you must not
       
    39      claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
       
    40      in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
       
    41      appreciated but is not required.
       
    42    <li> Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
       
    43      misrepresented as being the original software.
       
    44    <li> This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
       
    45   </ol>
       
    46 
       
    47   <dl>
       
    48   <dt>Jean-loup Gailly
       
    49   <dd><a href="mailto:jloup@gzip.org">jloup@gzip.org</a>
       
    50   <dt>Mark Adler
       
    51   <dd><a href="mailto:madler@alumni.caltech.edu">madler@alumni.caltech.edu</a>
       
    52   </dl>
       
    53 
       
    54   The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFCs (Request for
       
    55   Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files
       
    56   <a href="ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1950.txt">
       
    57   ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1950.txt </a>
       
    58   (zlib format),
       
    59   <a href="ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1951.txt">
       
    60   rfc1951.txt </a>
       
    61   (<a href="#deflate">deflate</a> format) and
       
    62   <a href="ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1952.txt">
       
    63   rfc1952.txt </a>
       
    64   (gzip format).
       
    65   <p>
       
    66   This manual is converted from zlib.h by
       
    67   <a href="mailto:piaip@csie.ntu.edu.tw"> piaip </a>
       
    68   <p>
       
    69   Visit <a href="http://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/">
       
    70   http://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/</a>
       
    71   for the official zlib web page.
       
    72   <p>
       
    73 
       
    74 <hr>
       
    75 <a name="Introduction"><h2> Introduction </h2>
       
    76      The 'zlib' compression library provides in-memory compression and
       
    77   decompression functions, including integrity checks of the uncompressed
       
    78   data.  This version of the library supports only one compression method
       
    79   (deflation) but other algorithms will be added later and will have the same
       
    80   stream interface.
       
    81   <p>
       
    82 
       
    83      Compression can be done in a single step if the buffers are large
       
    84   enough (for example if an input file is mmap'ed), or can be done by
       
    85   repeated calls of the compression function.  In the latter case, the
       
    86   application must provide more input and/or consume the output
       
    87   (providing more output space) before each call.
       
    88   <p>
       
    89 
       
    90      The library also supports reading and writing files in gzip (.gz) format
       
    91   with an interface similar to that of stdio.
       
    92   <p>
       
    93 
       
    94      The library does not install any signal handler. The decoder checks
       
    95   the consistency of the compressed data, so the library should never
       
    96   crash even in case of corrupted input.
       
    97   <p>
       
    98 
       
    99 <hr>
       
   100 <a name="Utility functions"><h2> Utility functions </h2>
       
   101      The following utility functions are implemented on top of the
       
   102    <a href="#Basic functions">basic stream-oriented functions</a>.
       
   103    To simplify the interface, some
       
   104    default options are assumed (compression level and memory usage,
       
   105    standard memory allocation functions). The source code of these
       
   106    utility functions can easily be modified if you need special options.
       
   107 <h3> Function list </h3>
       
   108 <ul>
       
   109 <li> int  <a href="#compress">compress</a> (Bytef *dest,   uLongf *destLen, const Bytef *source, uLong sourceLen);
       
   110 <li> int  <a href="#compress2">compress2</a> (Bytef *dest,   uLongf *destLen, const Bytef *source, uLong sourceLen, int level);
       
   111 <li> int  <a href="#uncompress">uncompress</a> (Bytef *dest,   uLongf *destLen, const Bytef *source, uLong sourceLen);
       
   112 <li> typedef voidp gzFile;
       
   113 <li>  gzFile  <a href="#gzopen">gzopen</a>  (const char *path, const char *mode);
       
   114 <li> gzFile  <a href="#gzdopen">gzdopen</a>  (int fd, const char *mode);
       
   115 <li> int  <a href="#gzsetparams">gzsetparams</a> (gzFile file, int level, int strategy);
       
   116 <li> int     <a href="#gzread">gzread</a>  (gzFile file, voidp buf, unsigned len);
       
   117 <li> int     <a href="#gzwrite">gzwrite</a> (gzFile file, const voidp buf, unsigned len);
       
   118 <li> int VA   <a href="#gzprintf">gzprintf</a> (gzFile file, const char *format, ...);
       
   119 <li> int  <a href="#gzputs">gzputs</a> (gzFile file, const char *s);
       
   120 <li> char *  <a href="#gzgets">gzgets</a> (gzFile file, char *buf, int len);
       
   121 <li> int     <a href="#gzputc">gzputc</a> (gzFile file, int c);
       
   122 <li> int     <a href="#gzgetc">gzgetc</a> (gzFile file);
       
   123 <li> int     <a href="#gzflush">gzflush</a> (gzFile file, int flush);
       
   124 <li> z_off_t     <a href="#gzseek">gzseek</a> (gzFile file, z_off_t offset, int whence);
       
   125 <li> z_off_t     <a href="#gztell">gztell</a> (gzFile file);
       
   126 <li> int     <a href="#gzrewind">gzrewind</a> (gzFile file);
       
   127 <li> int  <a href="#gzeof">gzeof</a> (gzFile file);
       
   128 <li> int     <a href="#gzclose">gzclose</a> (gzFile file);
       
   129 <li> const char *  <a href="#gzerror">gzerror</a> (gzFile file, int *errnum);
       
   130 </ul>
       
   131 <h3> Function description </h3>
       
   132 <dl>
       
   133 <font color="Blue"><dt> int  <a name="compress">compress</a> (Bytef *dest,   uLongf *destLen, const Bytef *source, uLong sourceLen);</font>
       
   134 <dd>
       
   135      Compresses the source buffer into the destination buffer.  sourceLen is
       
   136    the byte length of the source buffer. Upon entry, destLen is the total
       
   137    size of the destination buffer, which must be at least 0.1% larger than
       
   138    sourceLen plus 12 bytes. Upon exit, destLen is the actual size of the
       
   139    compressed buffer.<p>
       
   140      This function can be used to <a href="#compress">compress</a> a whole file at once if the
       
   141    input file is mmap'ed.<p>
       
   142      <a href="#compress">compress</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_MEM_ERROR">Z_MEM_ERROR</a> if there was not
       
   143    enough memory, <a href="#Z_BUF_ERROR">Z_BUF_ERROR</a> if there was not enough room in the output
       
   144    buffer.<p>
       
   145 
       
   146 <font color="Blue"><dt> int  <a name="compress2">compress2</a> (Bytef *dest,   uLongf *destLen, const Bytef *source, uLong sourceLen, int level);</font>
       
   147 <dd>
       
   148      Compresses the source buffer into the destination buffer. The level
       
   149    parameter has the same meaning as in <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a>.  sourceLen is the byte
       
   150    length of the source buffer. Upon entry, destLen is the total size of the
       
   151    destination buffer, which must be at least 0.1% larger than sourceLen plus
       
   152    12 bytes. Upon exit, destLen is the actual size of the compressed buffer.
       
   153    <p>
       
   154 
       
   155      <a href="#compress2">compress2</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_MEM_ERROR">Z_MEM_ERROR</a> if there was not enough
       
   156    memory, <a href="#Z_BUF_ERROR">Z_BUF_ERROR</a> if there was not enough room in the output buffer,
       
   157    <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if the level parameter is invalid.
       
   158    <p>
       
   159 
       
   160 <font color="Blue"><dt> int  <a name="uncompress">uncompress</a> (Bytef *dest,   uLongf *destLen, const Bytef *source, uLong sourceLen);</font>
       
   161 <dd>
       
   162      Decompresses the source buffer into the destination buffer.  sourceLen is
       
   163    the byte length of the source buffer. Upon entry, destLen is the total
       
   164    size of the destination buffer, which must be large enough to hold the
       
   165    entire uncompressed data. (The size of the uncompressed data must have
       
   166    been saved previously by the compressor and transmitted to the decompressor
       
   167    by some mechanism outside the scope of this compression library.)
       
   168    Upon exit, destLen is the actual size of the compressed buffer. <p>
       
   169      This function can be used to decompress a whole file at once if the
       
   170    input file is mmap'ed.
       
   171    <p>
       
   172 
       
   173      <a href="#uncompress">uncompress</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_MEM_ERROR">Z_MEM_ERROR</a> if there was not
       
   174    enough memory, <a href="#Z_BUF_ERROR">Z_BUF_ERROR</a> if there was not enough room in the output
       
   175    buffer, or <a href="#Z_DATA_ERROR">Z_DATA_ERROR</a> if the input data was corrupted.
       
   176    <p>
       
   177 
       
   178 <dt> typedef voidp gzFile;
       
   179 <dd> <p>
       
   180 
       
   181 <font color="Blue"><dt>  gzFile  <a name="gzopen">gzopen</a>  (const char *path, const char *mode);</font>
       
   182 <dd>
       
   183      Opens a gzip (.gz) file for reading or writing. The mode parameter
       
   184    is as in fopen ("rb" or "wb") but can also include a compression level
       
   185    ("wb9") or a strategy: 'f' for filtered data as in "wb6f", 'h' for
       
   186    Huffman only compression as in "wb1h". (See the description
       
   187    of <a href="#deflateInit2">deflateInit2</a> for more information about the strategy parameter.)
       
   188    <p>
       
   189 
       
   190      <a href="#gzopen">gzopen</a> can be used to read a file which is not in gzip format ; in this
       
   191    case <a href="#gzread">gzread</a> will directly read from the file without decompression.
       
   192    <p>
       
   193 
       
   194      <a href="#gzopen">gzopen</a> returns NULL if the file could not be opened or if there was
       
   195    insufficient memory to allocate the (de)compression <a href="#state">state</a> ; errno
       
   196    can be checked to distinguish the two cases (if errno is zero, the
       
   197    zlib error is <a href="#Z_MEM_ERROR">Z_MEM_ERROR</a>).
       
   198    <p>
       
   199 
       
   200 <font color="Blue"><dt> gzFile  <a name="gzdopen">gzdopen</a>  (int fd, const char *mode);</font>
       
   201 <dd>
       
   202      <a href="#gzdopen">gzdopen</a>() associates a gzFile with the file descriptor fd.  File
       
   203    descriptors are obtained from calls like open, dup, creat, pipe or
       
   204    fileno (in the file has been previously opened with fopen).
       
   205    The mode parameter is as in <a href="#gzopen">gzopen</a>.
       
   206    <p>
       
   207      The next call of <a href="#gzclose">gzclose</a> on the returned gzFile will also close the
       
   208    file descriptor fd, just like fclose(fdopen(fd), mode) closes the file
       
   209    descriptor fd. If you want to keep fd open, use <a href="#gzdopen">gzdopen</a>(dup(fd), mode).
       
   210    <p>
       
   211      <a href="#gzdopen">gzdopen</a> returns NULL if there was insufficient memory to allocate
       
   212    the (de)compression <a href="#state">state</a>.
       
   213    <p>
       
   214 
       
   215 <font color="Blue"><dt> int  <a name="gzsetparams">gzsetparams</a> (gzFile file, int level, int strategy);</font>
       
   216 <dd>
       
   217      Dynamically update the compression level or strategy. See the description
       
   218    of <a href="#deflateInit2">deflateInit2</a> for the meaning of these parameters.
       
   219    <p>
       
   220      <a href="#gzsetparams">gzsetparams</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, or <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if the file was not
       
   221    opened for writing.
       
   222    <p>
       
   223 
       
   224 <font color="Blue"><dt> int     <a name="gzread">gzread</a>  (gzFile file, voidp buf, unsigned len);</font>
       
   225 <dd>
       
   226      Reads the given number of uncompressed bytes from the compressed file.
       
   227    If the input file was not in gzip format, <a href="#gzread">gzread</a> copies the given number
       
   228    of bytes into the buffer.
       
   229    <p>
       
   230      <a href="#gzread">gzread</a> returns the number of uncompressed bytes actually read (0 for
       
   231    end of file, -1 for error).
       
   232    <p>
       
   233 
       
   234 <font color="Blue"><dt> int     <a name="gzwrite">gzwrite</a> (gzFile file, const voidp buf, unsigned len);</font>
       
   235 <dd>
       
   236      Writes the given number of uncompressed bytes into the compressed file.
       
   237    <a href="#gzwrite">gzwrite</a> returns the number of uncompressed bytes actually written
       
   238    (0 in case of error).
       
   239    <p>
       
   240 
       
   241 <font color="Blue"><dt> int VA   <a name="gzprintf">gzprintf</a> (gzFile file, const char *format, ...);</font>
       
   242 <dd>
       
   243      Converts, formats, and writes the args to the compressed file under
       
   244    control of the format string, as in fprintf. <a href="#gzprintf">gzprintf</a> returns the number of
       
   245    uncompressed bytes actually written (0 in case of error).
       
   246    <p>
       
   247 
       
   248 <font color="Blue"><dt> int  <a name="gzputs">gzputs</a> (gzFile file, const char *s);</font>
       
   249 <dd>
       
   250       Writes the given null-terminated string to the compressed file, excluding
       
   251    the terminating null character.
       
   252    <p>
       
   253       <a href="#gzputs">gzputs</a> returns the number of characters written, or -1 in case of error.
       
   254       <p>
       
   255 
       
   256 <font color="Blue"><dt> char *  <a name="gzgets">gzgets</a> (gzFile file, char *buf, int len);</font>
       
   257 <dd>
       
   258       Reads bytes from the compressed file until len-1 characters are read, or
       
   259    a newline character is read and transferred to buf, or an end-of-file
       
   260    condition is encountered.  The string is then terminated with a null
       
   261    character.
       
   262    <p>
       
   263       <a href="#gzgets">gzgets</a> returns buf, or <a href="#Z_NULL">Z_NULL</a> in case of error.
       
   264       <p>
       
   265 
       
   266 <font color="Blue"><dt> int     <a name="gzputc">gzputc</a> (gzFile file, int c);</font>
       
   267 <dd>
       
   268       Writes c, converted to an unsigned char, into the compressed file.
       
   269    <a href="#gzputc">gzputc</a> returns the value that was written, or -1 in case of error.
       
   270    <p>
       
   271 
       
   272 <font color="Blue"><dt> int     <a name="gzgetc">gzgetc</a> (gzFile file);</font>
       
   273 <dd>
       
   274       Reads one byte from the compressed file. <a href="#gzgetc">gzgetc</a> returns this byte
       
   275    or -1 in case of end of file or error.
       
   276    <p>
       
   277 
       
   278 <font color="Blue"><dt> int     <a name="gzflush">gzflush</a> (gzFile file, int flush);</font>
       
   279 <dd>
       
   280      Flushes all pending output into the compressed file. The parameter
       
   281    flush is as in the <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>() function. The return value is the zlib
       
   282    error number (see function <a href="#gzerror">gzerror</a> below). <a href="#gzflush">gzflush</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if
       
   283    the flush parameter is <a href="#Z_FINISH">Z_FINISH</a> and all output could be flushed.
       
   284    <p>
       
   285      <a href="#gzflush">gzflush</a> should be called only when strictly necessary because it can
       
   286    degrade compression.
       
   287    <p>
       
   288 
       
   289 <font color="Blue"><dt> z_off_t     <a name="gzseek">gzseek</a> (gzFile file, z_off_t offset, int whence);</font>
       
   290 <dd>
       
   291       Sets the starting position for the next <a href="#gzread">gzread</a> or <a href="#gzwrite">gzwrite</a> on the
       
   292    given compressed file. The offset represents a number of bytes in the
       
   293    uncompressed data stream. The whence parameter is defined as in lseek(2);
       
   294    the value SEEK_END is not supported.
       
   295    <p>
       
   296      If the file is opened for reading, this function is emulated but can be
       
   297    extremely slow. If the file is opened for writing, only forward seeks are
       
   298    supported ; <a href="#gzseek">gzseek</a> then compresses a sequence of zeroes up to the new
       
   299    starting position.
       
   300    <p>
       
   301       <a href="#gzseek">gzseek</a> returns the resulting offset location as measured in bytes from
       
   302    the beginning of the uncompressed stream, or -1 in case of error, in
       
   303    particular if the file is opened for writing and the new starting position
       
   304    would be before the current position.
       
   305    <p>
       
   306 
       
   307 <font color="Blue"><dt> int     <a name="gzrewind">gzrewind</a> (gzFile file);</font>
       
   308 <dd>
       
   309      Rewinds the given file. This function is supported only for reading.
       
   310      <p>
       
   311    <a href="#gzrewind">gzrewind</a>(file) is equivalent to (int)<a href="#gzseek">gzseek</a>(file, 0L, SEEK_SET)
       
   312    <p>
       
   313 
       
   314 <font color="Blue"><dt> z_off_t     <a name="gztell">gztell</a> (gzFile file);</font>
       
   315 <dd>
       
   316      Returns the starting position for the next <a href="#gzread">gzread</a> or <a href="#gzwrite">gzwrite</a> on the
       
   317    given compressed file. This position represents a number of bytes in the
       
   318    uncompressed data stream.
       
   319    <p>
       
   320 
       
   321    <a href="#gztell">gztell</a>(file) is equivalent to <a href="#gzseek">gzseek</a>(file, 0L, SEEK_CUR)
       
   322    <p>
       
   323 
       
   324 <font color="Blue"><dt> int  <a name="gzeof">gzeof</a> (gzFile file);</font>
       
   325 <dd>
       
   326      Returns 1 when EOF has previously been detected reading the given
       
   327    input stream, otherwise zero.
       
   328    <p>
       
   329 
       
   330 <font color="Blue"><dt> int     <a name="gzclose">gzclose</a> (gzFile file);</font>
       
   331 <dd>
       
   332      Flushes all pending output if necessary, closes the compressed file
       
   333    and deallocates all the (de)compression <a href="#state">state</a>. The return value is the zlib
       
   334    error number (see function <a href="#gzerror">gzerror</a> below).
       
   335    <p>
       
   336 
       
   337 <font color="Blue"><dt> const char *  <a name="gzerror">gzerror</a> (gzFile file, int *errnum);</font>
       
   338 <dd>
       
   339      Returns the error message for the last error which occurred on the
       
   340    given compressed file. errnum is set to zlib error number. If an
       
   341    error occurred in the file system and not in the compression library,
       
   342    errnum is set to <a href="#Z_ERRNO">Z_ERRNO</a> and the application may consult errno
       
   343    to get the exact error code.
       
   344    <p>
       
   345 </dl>
       
   346 <hr>
       
   347 <a name="Basic functions"><h2> Basic functions </h2>
       
   348 <h3> Function list </h3>
       
   349 <ul>
       
   350 <li>  const char *  <a href="#zlibVersion">zlibVersion</a> (void);
       
   351 <li>  int  <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, int level);
       
   352 <li>  int  <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, int flush);
       
   353 <li>  int  <a href="#deflateEnd">deflateEnd</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm);
       
   354 <li>  int  <a href="#inflateInit">inflateInit</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm);
       
   355 <li>  int  <a href="#inflate">inflate</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, int flush);
       
   356 <li>  int  <a href="#inflateEnd">inflateEnd</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm);
       
   357 </ul>
       
   358 
       
   359 <h3> Function description </h3>
       
   360 <dl>
       
   361 <font color="Blue"><dt>  const char *  <a name="zlibVersion">zlibVersion</a> (void);</font>
       
   362 <dd> The application can compare <a href="#zlibVersion">zlibVersion</a> and ZLIB_VERSION for consistency.
       
   363    If the first character differs, the library code actually used is
       
   364    not compatible with the zlib.h header file used by the application.
       
   365    This check is automatically made by <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a> and <a href="#inflateInit">inflateInit</a>.
       
   366    <p>
       
   367 
       
   368 <font color="Blue"><dt> int  <a name="deflateInit">deflateInit</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, int level);</font>
       
   369 <dd>
       
   370      Initializes the internal stream <a href="#state">state</a> for compression. The fields
       
   371    <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a>, <a href="#zfree">zfree</a> and <a href="#opaque">opaque</a> must be initialized before by the caller.
       
   372    If <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a> and <a href="#zfree">zfree</a> are set to <a href="#Z_NULL">Z_NULL</a>, <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a> updates them to
       
   373    use default allocation functions.
       
   374    <p>
       
   375 
       
   376      The compression level must be <a href="#Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION">Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION</a>, or between 0 and 9:
       
   377    1 gives best speed, 9 gives best compression, 0 gives no compression at
       
   378    all (the input data is simply copied a block at a time).
       
   379    <p>
       
   380 
       
   381    <a href="#Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION">Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION</a> requests a default compromise between speed and
       
   382    compression (currently equivalent to level 6).
       
   383    <p>
       
   384 
       
   385      <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_MEM_ERROR">Z_MEM_ERROR</a> if there was not
       
   386    enough memory, <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if level is not a valid compression level,
       
   387    <a href="#Z_VERSION_ERROR">Z_VERSION_ERROR</a> if the zlib library version (<a href="#zlib_version">zlib_version</a>) is incompatible
       
   388    with the version assumed by the caller (ZLIB_VERSION).
       
   389    <a href="#msg">msg</a> is set to null if there is no error message.  <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a> does not
       
   390    perform any compression: this will be done by <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>().
       
   391    <p>
       
   392 
       
   393 <font color="Blue"><dt>  int  <a name="deflate">deflate</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, int flush);</font>
       
   394 <dd>
       
   395     <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> compresses as much data as possible, and stops when the input
       
   396   buffer becomes empty or the output buffer becomes full. It may introduce some
       
   397   output latency (reading input without producing any output) except when
       
   398   forced to flush.<p>
       
   399 
       
   400     The detailed semantics are as follows. <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> performs one or both of the
       
   401   following actions:
       
   402 
       
   403   <ul>
       
   404   <li> Compress more input starting at <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> and update <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> and <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a>
       
   405     accordingly. If not all input can be processed (because there is not
       
   406     enough room in the output buffer), <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> and <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a> are updated and
       
   407     processing will resume at this point for the next call of <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>().
       
   408 
       
   409   <li>
       
   410     Provide more output starting at <a href="#next_out">next_out</a> and update <a href="#next_out">next_out</a> and <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a>
       
   411     accordingly. This action is forced if the parameter flush is non zero.
       
   412     Forcing flush frequently degrades the compression ratio, so this parameter
       
   413     should be set only when necessary (in interactive applications).
       
   414     Some output may be provided even if flush is not set.
       
   415   </ul> <p>
       
   416 
       
   417   Before the call of <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>(), the application should ensure that at least
       
   418   one of the actions is possible, by providing more input and/or consuming
       
   419   more output, and updating <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a> or <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> accordingly ; <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a>
       
   420   should never be zero before the call. The application can consume the
       
   421   compressed output when it wants, for example when the output buffer is full
       
   422   (<a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> == 0), or after each call of <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>(). If <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a>
       
   423   and with zero <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a>, it must be called again after making room in the
       
   424   output buffer because there might be more output pending.
       
   425   <p>
       
   426 
       
   427     If the parameter flush is set to <a href="#Z_SYNC_FLUSH">Z_SYNC_FLUSH</a>, all pending output is
       
   428   flushed to the output buffer and the output is aligned on a byte boundary, so
       
   429   that the decompressor can get all input data available so far. (In particular
       
   430   <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a> is zero after the call if enough output space has been provided
       
   431   before the call.)  Flushing may degrade compression for some compression
       
   432   algorithms and so it should be used only when necessary.
       
   433   <p>
       
   434 
       
   435     If flush is set to <a href="#Z_FULL_FLUSH">Z_FULL_FLUSH</a>, all output is flushed as with
       
   436   <a href="#Z_SYNC_FLUSH">Z_SYNC_FLUSH</a>, and the compression <a href="#state">state</a> is reset so that decompression can
       
   437   restart from this point if previous compressed data has been damaged or if
       
   438   random access is desired. Using <a href="#Z_FULL_FLUSH">Z_FULL_FLUSH</a> too often can seriously degrade
       
   439   the compression.
       
   440   <p>
       
   441 
       
   442     If <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> returns with <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> == 0, this function must be called again
       
   443   with the same value of the flush parameter and more output space (updated
       
   444   <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a>), until the flush is complete (<a href="#deflate">deflate</a> returns with non-zero
       
   445   <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a>).
       
   446   <p>
       
   447 
       
   448     If the parameter flush is set to <a href="#Z_FINISH">Z_FINISH</a>, pending input is processed,
       
   449   pending output is flushed and <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> returns with <a href="#Z_STREAM_END">Z_STREAM_END</a> if there
       
   450   was enough output space ; if <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> returns with <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a>, this function must be
       
   451   called again with <a href="#Z_FINISH">Z_FINISH</a> and more output space (updated <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a>) but no
       
   452   more input data, until it returns with <a href="#Z_STREAM_END">Z_STREAM_END</a> or an error. After
       
   453   <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> has returned <a href="#Z_STREAM_END">Z_STREAM_END</a>, the only possible operations on the
       
   454   stream are <a href="#deflateReset">deflateReset</a> or <a href="#deflateEnd">deflateEnd</a>.
       
   455   <p>
       
   456 
       
   457     <a href="#Z_FINISH">Z_FINISH</a> can be used immediately after <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a> if all the compression
       
   458   is to be done in a single step. In this case, <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> must be at least
       
   459   0.1% larger than <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a> plus 12 bytes.  If <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> does not return
       
   460   <a href="#Z_STREAM_END">Z_STREAM_END</a>, then it must be called again as described above.
       
   461   <p>
       
   462 
       
   463     <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>() sets strm-&gt <a href="#adler">adler</a> to the <a href="#adler32">adler32</a> checksum of all input read
       
   464   so far (that is, <a href="#total_in">total_in</a> bytes).
       
   465   <p>
       
   466 
       
   467     <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>() may update <a href="#data_type">data_type</a> if it can make a good guess about
       
   468   the input data type (<a href="#Z_ASCII">Z_ASCII</a> or <a href="#Z_BINARY">Z_BINARY</a>). In doubt, the data is considered
       
   469   binary. This field is only for information purposes and does not affect
       
   470   the compression algorithm in any manner.
       
   471   <p>
       
   472 
       
   473     <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>() returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if some progress has been made (more input
       
   474   processed or more output produced), <a href="#Z_STREAM_END">Z_STREAM_END</a> if all input has been
       
   475   consumed and all output has been produced (only when flush is set to
       
   476   <a href="#Z_FINISH">Z_FINISH</a>), <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if the stream <a href="#state">state</a> was inconsistent (for example
       
   477   if <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> or <a href="#next_out">next_out</a> was NULL), <a href="#Z_BUF_ERROR">Z_BUF_ERROR</a> if no progress is possible
       
   478   (for example <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a> or <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> was zero).
       
   479   <p>
       
   480 
       
   481 <font color="Blue"><dt>  int  <a name="deflateEnd">deflateEnd</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm);</font>
       
   482 <dd>
       
   483      All dynamically allocated data structures for this stream are freed.
       
   484    This function discards any unprocessed input and does not flush any
       
   485    pending output.
       
   486    <p>
       
   487 
       
   488      <a href="#deflateEnd">deflateEnd</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if the
       
   489    stream <a href="#state">state</a> was inconsistent, <a href="#Z_DATA_ERROR">Z_DATA_ERROR</a> if the stream was freed
       
   490    prematurely (some input or output was discarded). In the error case,
       
   491    <a href="#msg">msg</a> may be set but then points to a static string (which must not be
       
   492    deallocated).
       
   493    <p>
       
   494 
       
   495 <font color="Blue"><dt>  int  <a name="inflateInit">inflateInit</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm);</font>
       
   496 <dd>
       
   497 	Initializes the internal stream <a href="#state">state</a> for decompression. The fields
       
   498    <a href="#next_in">next_in</a>, <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a>, <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a>, <a href="#zfree">zfree</a> and <a href="#opaque">opaque</a> must be initialized before by
       
   499    the caller. If <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> is not <a href="#Z_NULL">Z_NULL</a> and <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a> is large enough (the exact
       
   500    value depends on the compression method), <a href="#inflateInit">inflateInit</a> determines the
       
   501    compression method from the zlib header and allocates all data structures
       
   502    accordingly ; otherwise the allocation will be deferred to the first call of
       
   503    <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>.  If <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a> and <a href="#zfree">zfree</a> are set to <a href="#Z_NULL">Z_NULL</a>, <a href="#inflateInit">inflateInit</a> updates them to
       
   504    use default allocation functions.
       
   505    <p>
       
   506 
       
   507      <a href="#inflateInit">inflateInit</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_MEM_ERROR">Z_MEM_ERROR</a> if there was not enough
       
   508    memory, <a href="#Z_VERSION_ERROR">Z_VERSION_ERROR</a> if the zlib library version is incompatible with the
       
   509    version assumed by the caller.  <a href="#msg">msg</a> is set to null if there is no error
       
   510    message. <a href="#inflateInit">inflateInit</a> does not perform any decompression apart from reading
       
   511    the zlib header if present: this will be done by <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>().  (So <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> and
       
   512    <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a> may be modified, but <a href="#next_out">next_out</a> and <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> are unchanged.)
       
   513    <p>
       
   514 
       
   515 <font color="Blue"><dt>  int  <a name="inflate">inflate</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, int flush);</font>
       
   516 <dd>
       
   517     <a href="#inflate">inflate</a> decompresses as much data as possible, and stops when the input
       
   518   buffer becomes empty or the output buffer becomes full. It may some
       
   519   introduce some output latency (reading input without producing any output)
       
   520   except when forced to flush.
       
   521   <p>
       
   522 
       
   523   The detailed semantics are as follows. <a href="#inflate">inflate</a> performs one or both of the
       
   524   following actions:
       
   525 
       
   526   <ul>
       
   527   <li> Decompress more input starting at <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> and update <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> and <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a>
       
   528     accordingly. If not all input can be processed (because there is not
       
   529     enough room in the output buffer), <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> is updated and processing
       
   530     will resume at this point for the next call of <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>().
       
   531 
       
   532   <li> Provide more output starting at <a href="#next_out">next_out</a> and update <a href="#next_out">next_out</a> and
       
   533     <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> accordingly.  <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>() provides as much output as possible,
       
   534     until there is no more input data or no more space in the output buffer
       
   535     (see below about the flush parameter).
       
   536   </ul> <p>
       
   537 
       
   538   Before the call of <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>(), the application should ensure that at least
       
   539   one of the actions is possible, by providing more input and/or consuming
       
   540   more output, and updating the next_* and avail_* values accordingly.
       
   541   The application can consume the uncompressed output when it wants, for
       
   542   example when the output buffer is full (<a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> == 0), or after each
       
   543   call of <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>(). If <a href="#inflate">inflate</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> and with zero <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a>, it
       
   544   must be called again after making room in the output buffer because there
       
   545   might be more output pending.
       
   546   <p>
       
   547 
       
   548     If the parameter flush is set to <a href="#Z_SYNC_FLUSH">Z_SYNC_FLUSH</a>, <a href="#inflate">inflate</a> flushes as much
       
   549   output as possible to the output buffer. The flushing behavior of <a href="#inflate">inflate</a> is
       
   550   not specified for values of the flush parameter other than <a href="#Z_SYNC_FLUSH">Z_SYNC_FLUSH</a>
       
   551   and <a href="#Z_FINISH">Z_FINISH</a>, but the current implementation actually flushes as much output
       
   552   as possible anyway.
       
   553   <p>
       
   554 
       
   555     <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>() should normally be called until it returns <a href="#Z_STREAM_END">Z_STREAM_END</a> or an
       
   556   error. However if all decompression is to be performed in a single step
       
   557   (a single call of <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>), the parameter flush should be set to
       
   558   <a href="#Z_FINISH">Z_FINISH</a>. In this case all pending input is processed and all pending
       
   559   output is flushed ; <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> must be large enough to hold all the
       
   560   uncompressed data. (The size of the uncompressed data may have been saved
       
   561   by the compressor for this purpose.) The next operation on this stream must
       
   562   be <a href="#inflateEnd">inflateEnd</a> to deallocate the decompression <a href="#state">state</a>. The use of <a href="#Z_FINISH">Z_FINISH</a>
       
   563   is never required, but can be used to inform <a href="#inflate">inflate</a> that a faster routine
       
   564   may be used for the single <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>() call.
       
   565   <p>
       
   566 
       
   567      If a preset dictionary is needed at this point (see <a href="#inflateSetDictionary">inflateSetDictionary</a>
       
   568   below), <a href="#inflate">inflate</a> sets strm-<a href="#adler">adler</a> to the <a href="#adler32">adler32</a> checksum of the
       
   569   dictionary chosen by the compressor and returns <a href="#Z_NEED_DICT">Z_NEED_DICT</a> ; otherwise
       
   570   it sets strm-&gt <a href="#adler">adler</a> to the <a href="#adler32">adler32</a> checksum of all output produced
       
   571   so far (that is, <a href="#total_out">total_out</a> bytes) and returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a>, <a href="#Z_STREAM_END">Z_STREAM_END</a> or
       
   572   an error code as described below. At the end of the stream, <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>()
       
   573   checks that its computed <a href="#adler32">adler32</a> checksum is equal to that saved by the
       
   574   compressor and returns <a href="#Z_STREAM_END">Z_STREAM_END</a> only if the checksum is correct.
       
   575   <p>
       
   576 
       
   577     <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>() returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if some progress has been made (more input processed
       
   578   or more output produced), <a href="#Z_STREAM_END">Z_STREAM_END</a> if the end of the compressed data has
       
   579   been reached and all uncompressed output has been produced, <a href="#Z_NEED_DICT">Z_NEED_DICT</a> if a
       
   580   preset dictionary is needed at this point, <a href="#Z_DATA_ERROR">Z_DATA_ERROR</a> if the input data was
       
   581   corrupted (input stream not conforming to the zlib format or incorrect
       
   582   <a href="#adler32">adler32</a> checksum), <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if the stream structure was inconsistent
       
   583   (for example if <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> or <a href="#next_out">next_out</a> was NULL), <a href="#Z_MEM_ERROR">Z_MEM_ERROR</a> if there was not
       
   584   enough memory, <a href="#Z_BUF_ERROR">Z_BUF_ERROR</a> if no progress is possible or if there was not
       
   585   enough room in the output buffer when <a href="#Z_FINISH">Z_FINISH</a> is used. In the <a href="#Z_DATA_ERROR">Z_DATA_ERROR</a>
       
   586   case, the application may then call <a href="#inflateSync">inflateSync</a> to look for a good
       
   587   compression block.
       
   588   <p>
       
   589 
       
   590 <font color="Blue"><dt>  int  <a name="inflateEnd">inflateEnd</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm);</font>
       
   591 <dd>
       
   592      All dynamically allocated data structures for this stream are freed.
       
   593    This function discards any unprocessed input and does not flush any
       
   594    pending output.
       
   595    <p>
       
   596 
       
   597      <a href="#inflateEnd">inflateEnd</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if the stream <a href="#state">state</a>
       
   598    was inconsistent. In the error case, <a href="#msg">msg</a> may be set but then points to a
       
   599    static string (which must not be deallocated).
       
   600 </dl>
       
   601 <hr>
       
   602 <a name="Advanced functions"><h2> Advanced functions </h2>
       
   603     The following functions are needed only in some special applications.
       
   604 <h3> Function list </h3>
       
   605 <ul>
       
   606 <li>  int  <a href="#deflateInit2">deflateInit2</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm,
       
   607 <li> int  <a href="#deflateSetDictionary">deflateSetDictionary</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, const Bytef *dictionary, uInt  dictLength);
       
   608 <li> int  <a href="#deflateCopy">deflateCopy</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> dest, <a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> source);
       
   609 <li> int  <a href="#deflateReset">deflateReset</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm);
       
   610 <li> int  <a href="#deflateParams">deflateParams</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, int level, int strategy);
       
   611 <li> int  <a href="#inflateInit2">inflateInit2</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, int  windowBits);
       
   612 <li>  int  <a href="#inflateSetDictionary">inflateSetDictionary</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, const Bytef *dictionary, uInt  dictLength);
       
   613 <li> int  <a href="#inflateSync">inflateSync</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm);
       
   614 <li> int  <a href="#inflateReset">inflateReset</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm);
       
   615 
       
   616 </ul>
       
   617 <h3> Function description </h3>
       
   618 <dl>
       
   619 <font color="Blue"><dt>  int  <a name="deflateInit2">deflateInit2</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, int  level, int  method, int  windowBits, int  memLevel, int  strategy);</font>
       
   620 
       
   621 <dd> This is another version of <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a> with more compression options. The
       
   622    fields <a href="#next_in">next_in</a>, <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a>, <a href="#zfree">zfree</a> and <a href="#opaque">opaque</a> must be initialized before by
       
   623    the caller.<p>
       
   624 
       
   625      The method parameter is the compression method. It must be <a href="#Z_DEFLATED">Z_DEFLATED</a> in
       
   626    this version of the library.<p>
       
   627 
       
   628      The windowBits parameter is the base two logarithm of the window size
       
   629    (the size of the history buffer).  It should be in the range 8..15 for this
       
   630    version of the library. Larger values of this parameter result in better
       
   631    compression at the expense of memory usage. The default value is 15 if
       
   632    <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a> is used instead.<p>
       
   633 
       
   634      The memLevel parameter specifies how much memory should be allocated
       
   635    for the internal compression <a href="#state">state</a>. memLevel=1 uses minimum memory but
       
   636    is slow and reduces compression ratio ; memLevel=9 uses maximum memory
       
   637    for optimal speed. The default value is 8. See zconf.h for total memory
       
   638    usage as a function of windowBits and memLevel.<p>
       
   639 
       
   640      The strategy parameter is used to tune the compression algorithm. Use the
       
   641    value <a href="#Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY">Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY</a> for normal data, <a href="#Z_FILTERED">Z_FILTERED</a> for data produced by a
       
   642    filter (or predictor), or <a href="#Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY">Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY</a> to force Huffman encoding only (no
       
   643    string match).  Filtered data consists mostly of small values with a
       
   644    somewhat random distribution. In this case, the compression algorithm is
       
   645    tuned to <a href="#compress">compress</a> them better. The effect of <a href="#Z_FILTERED">Z_FILTERED</a> is to force more
       
   646    Huffman coding and less string matching ; it is somewhat intermediate
       
   647    between Z_DEFAULT and <a href="#Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY">Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY</a>. The strategy parameter only affects
       
   648    the compression ratio but not the correctness of the compressed output even
       
   649    if it is not set appropriately.<p>
       
   650 
       
   651       <a href="#deflateInit2">deflateInit2</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_MEM_ERROR">Z_MEM_ERROR</a> if there was not enough
       
   652    memory, <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if a parameter is invalid (such as an invalid
       
   653    method). <a href="#msg">msg</a> is set to null if there is no error message.  <a href="#deflateInit2">deflateInit2</a> does
       
   654    not perform any compression: this will be done by <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>().<p>
       
   655 
       
   656 <font color="Blue"><dt> int  <a name="deflateSetDictionary">deflateSetDictionary</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, const Bytef *dictionary, uInt  dictLength);</font>
       
   657 <dd>
       
   658      Initializes the compression dictionary from the given byte sequence
       
   659    without producing any compressed output. This function must be called
       
   660    immediately after <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a>, <a href="#deflateInit2">deflateInit2</a> or <a href="#deflateReset">deflateReset</a>, before any
       
   661    call of <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>. The compressor and decompressor must use exactly the same
       
   662    dictionary (see <a href="#inflateSetDictionary">inflateSetDictionary</a>).<p>
       
   663 
       
   664      The dictionary should consist of strings (byte sequences) that are likely
       
   665    to be encountered later in the data to be compressed, with the most commonly
       
   666    used strings preferably put towards the end of the dictionary. Using a
       
   667    dictionary is most useful when the data to be compressed is short and can be
       
   668    predicted with good accuracy ; the data can then be compressed better than
       
   669    with the default empty dictionary.<p>
       
   670 
       
   671      Depending on the size of the compression data structures selected by
       
   672    <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a> or <a href="#deflateInit2">deflateInit2</a>, a part of the dictionary may in effect be
       
   673    discarded, for example if the dictionary is larger than the window size in
       
   674    <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> or deflate2. Thus the strings most likely to be useful should be
       
   675    put at the end of the dictionary, not at the front.<p>
       
   676 
       
   677      Upon return of this function, strm-&gt <a href="#adler">adler</a> is set to the Adler32 value
       
   678    of the dictionary ; the decompressor may later use this value to determine
       
   679    which dictionary has been used by the compressor. (The Adler32 value
       
   680    applies to the whole dictionary even if only a subset of the dictionary is
       
   681    actually used by the compressor.)<p>
       
   682 
       
   683      <a href="#deflateSetDictionary">deflateSetDictionary</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, or <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if a
       
   684    parameter is invalid (such as NULL dictionary) or the stream <a href="#state">state</a> is
       
   685    inconsistent (for example if <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> has already been called for this stream
       
   686    or if the compression method is bsort). <a href="#deflateSetDictionary">deflateSetDictionary</a> does not
       
   687    perform any compression: this will be done by <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>().<p>
       
   688 
       
   689 <font color="Blue"><dt> int  <a name="deflateCopy">deflateCopy</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> dest, <a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> source);</font>
       
   690 <dd>
       
   691      Sets the destination stream as a complete copy of the source stream.<p>
       
   692 
       
   693      This function can be useful when several compression strategies will be
       
   694    tried, for example when there are several ways of pre-processing the input
       
   695    data with a filter. The streams that will be discarded should then be freed
       
   696    by calling <a href="#deflateEnd">deflateEnd</a>.  Note that <a href="#deflateCopy">deflateCopy</a> duplicates the internal
       
   697    compression <a href="#state">state</a> which can be quite large, so this strategy is slow and
       
   698    can consume lots of memory.<p>
       
   699 
       
   700      <a href="#deflateCopy">deflateCopy</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_MEM_ERROR">Z_MEM_ERROR</a> if there was not
       
   701    enough memory, <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if the source stream <a href="#state">state</a> was inconsistent
       
   702    (such as <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a> being NULL). <a href="#msg">msg</a> is left unchanged in both source and
       
   703    destination.<p>
       
   704 
       
   705 <font color="Blue"><dt> int  <a name="deflateReset">deflateReset</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm);</font>
       
   706 <dd>     This function is equivalent to <a href="#deflateEnd">deflateEnd</a> followed by <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a>,
       
   707    but does not free and reallocate all the internal compression <a href="#state">state</a>.
       
   708    The stream will keep the same compression level and any other attributes
       
   709    that may have been set by <a href="#deflateInit2">deflateInit2</a>.<p>
       
   710 
       
   711       <a href="#deflateReset">deflateReset</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, or <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if the source
       
   712    stream <a href="#state">state</a> was inconsistent (such as <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a> or <a href="#state">state</a> being NULL).<p>
       
   713 
       
   714 <font color="Blue"><dt> int  <a name="deflateParams">deflateParams</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, int level, int strategy);</font>
       
   715 <dd>
       
   716      Dynamically update the compression level and compression strategy.  The
       
   717    interpretation of level and strategy is as in <a href="#deflateInit2">deflateInit2</a>.  This can be
       
   718    used to switch between compression and straight copy of the input data, or
       
   719    to switch to a different kind of input data requiring a different
       
   720    strategy. If the compression level is changed, the input available so far
       
   721    is compressed with the old level (and may be flushed); the new level will
       
   722    take effect only at the next call of <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>().<p>
       
   723 
       
   724      Before the call of <a href="#deflateParams">deflateParams</a>, the stream <a href="#state">state</a> must be set as for
       
   725    a call of <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>(), since the currently available input may have to
       
   726    be compressed and flushed. In particular, strm-&gt <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> must be
       
   727    non-zero.<p>
       
   728 
       
   729      <a href="#deflateParams">deflateParams</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if the source
       
   730    stream <a href="#state">state</a> was inconsistent or if a parameter was invalid, <a href="#Z_BUF_ERROR">Z_BUF_ERROR</a>
       
   731    if strm-&gtavail_out was zero.<p>
       
   732 
       
   733 <font color="Blue"><dt> int  <a name="inflateInit2">inflateInit2</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, int  windowBits);</font>
       
   734 
       
   735 <dd>     This is another version of <a href="#inflateInit">inflateInit</a> with an extra parameter. The
       
   736    fields <a href="#next_in">next_in</a>, <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a>, <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a>, <a href="#zfree">zfree</a> and <a href="#opaque">opaque</a> must be initialized
       
   737    before by the caller.<p>
       
   738 
       
   739      The windowBits parameter is the base two logarithm of the maximum window
       
   740    size (the size of the history buffer).  It should be in the range 8..15 for
       
   741    this version of the library. The default value is 15 if <a href="#inflateInit">inflateInit</a> is used
       
   742    instead. If a compressed stream with a larger window size is given as
       
   743    input, <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>() will return with the error code <a href="#Z_DATA_ERROR">Z_DATA_ERROR</a> instead of
       
   744    trying to allocate a larger window.<p>
       
   745 
       
   746       <a href="#inflateInit2">inflateInit2</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_MEM_ERROR">Z_MEM_ERROR</a> if there was not enough
       
   747    memory, <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if a parameter is invalid (such as a negative
       
   748    memLevel). <a href="#msg">msg</a> is set to null if there is no error message.  <a href="#inflateInit2">inflateInit2</a>
       
   749    does not perform any decompression apart from reading the zlib header if
       
   750    present: this will be done by <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>(). (So <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> and <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a> may be
       
   751    modified, but <a href="#next_out">next_out</a> and <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> are unchanged.)<p>
       
   752 
       
   753 <font color="Blue"><dt>  int  <a name="inflateSetDictionary">inflateSetDictionary</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, const Bytef *dictionary, uInt  dictLength);</font>
       
   754 <dd>
       
   755      Initializes the decompression dictionary from the given uncompressed byte
       
   756    sequence. This function must be called immediately after a call of <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>
       
   757    if this call returned <a href="#Z_NEED_DICT">Z_NEED_DICT</a>. The dictionary chosen by the compressor
       
   758    can be determined from the Adler32 value returned by this call of
       
   759    <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>. The compressor and decompressor must use exactly the same
       
   760    dictionary (see <a href="#deflateSetDictionary">deflateSetDictionary</a>).<p>
       
   761 
       
   762      <a href="#inflateSetDictionary">inflateSetDictionary</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if a
       
   763    parameter is invalid (such as NULL dictionary) or the stream <a href="#state">state</a> is
       
   764    inconsistent, <a href="#Z_DATA_ERROR">Z_DATA_ERROR</a> if the given dictionary doesn't match the
       
   765    expected one (incorrect Adler32 value). <a href="#inflateSetDictionary">inflateSetDictionary</a> does not
       
   766    perform any decompression: this will be done by subsequent calls of
       
   767    <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>().<p>
       
   768 
       
   769 <font color="Blue"><dt> int  <a name="inflateSync">inflateSync</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm);</font>
       
   770 
       
   771 <dd>    Skips invalid compressed data until a full flush point (see above the
       
   772   description of <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> with <a href="#Z_FULL_FLUSH">Z_FULL_FLUSH</a>) can be found, or until all
       
   773   available input is skipped. No output is provided.<p>
       
   774 
       
   775     <a href="#inflateSync">inflateSync</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if a full flush point has been found, <a href="#Z_BUF_ERROR">Z_BUF_ERROR</a>
       
   776   if no more input was provided, <a href="#Z_DATA_ERROR">Z_DATA_ERROR</a> if no flush point has been found,
       
   777   or <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if the stream structure was inconsistent. In the success
       
   778   case, the application may save the current current value of <a href="#total_in">total_in</a> which
       
   779   indicates where valid compressed data was found. In the error case, the
       
   780   application may repeatedly call <a href="#inflateSync">inflateSync</a>, providing more input each time,
       
   781   until success or end of the input data.<p>
       
   782 
       
   783 <font color="Blue"><dt> int  <a name="inflateReset">inflateReset</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm);</font>
       
   784 <dd>
       
   785      This function is equivalent to <a href="#inflateEnd">inflateEnd</a> followed by <a href="#inflateInit">inflateInit</a>,
       
   786    but does not free and reallocate all the internal decompression <a href="#state">state</a>.
       
   787    The stream will keep attributes that may have been set by <a href="#inflateInit2">inflateInit2</a>.
       
   788    <p>
       
   789 
       
   790       <a href="#inflateReset">inflateReset</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, or <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if the source
       
   791    stream <a href="#state">state</a> was inconsistent (such as <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a> or <a href="#state">state</a> being NULL).
       
   792    <p>
       
   793 </dl>
       
   794 
       
   795 <hr>
       
   796 <a name="Checksum functions"><h2> Checksum functions </h2>
       
   797      These functions are not related to compression but are exported
       
   798    anyway because they might be useful in applications using the
       
   799    compression library.
       
   800 <h3> Function list </h3>
       
   801 <ul>
       
   802 <li> uLong  <a href="#adler32">adler32</a> (uLong <a href="#adler">adler</a>, const Bytef *buf, uInt len);
       
   803 <li> uLong  <a href="#crc32">crc32</a>   (uLong crc, const Bytef *buf, uInt len);
       
   804 </ul>
       
   805 <h3> Function description </h3>
       
   806 <dl>
       
   807 <font color="Blue"><dt> uLong  <a name="adler32">adler32</a> (uLong <a href="#adler">adler</a>, const Bytef *buf, uInt len);</font>
       
   808 <dd>
       
   809      Update a running Adler-32 checksum with the bytes buf[0..len-1] and
       
   810    return the updated checksum. If buf is NULL, this function returns
       
   811    the required initial value for the checksum.
       
   812    <p>
       
   813    An Adler-32 checksum is almost as reliable as a CRC32 but can be computed
       
   814    much faster. Usage example:
       
   815    <pre>
       
   816 
       
   817      uLong <a href="#adler">adler</a> = <a href="#adler32">adler32</a>(0L, <a href="#Z_NULL">Z_NULL</a>, 0);
       
   818 
       
   819      while (read_buffer(buffer, length) != EOF) {
       
   820        <a href="#adler">adler</a> = <a href="#adler32">adler32</a>(<a href="#adler">adler</a>, buffer, length);
       
   821      }
       
   822      if (<a href="#adler">adler</a> != original_adler) error();
       
   823    </pre>
       
   824 
       
   825 <font color="Blue"><dt> uLong  <a name="crc32">crc32</a>   (uLong crc, const Bytef *buf, uInt len);</font>
       
   826 <dd>
       
   827      Update a running crc with the bytes buf[0..len-1] and return the updated
       
   828    crc. If buf is NULL, this function returns the required initial value
       
   829    for the crc. Pre- and post-conditioning (one's complement) is performed
       
   830    within this function so it shouldn't be done by the application.
       
   831    Usage example:
       
   832    <pre>
       
   833 
       
   834      uLong crc = <a href="#crc32">crc32</a>(0L, <a href="#Z_NULL">Z_NULL</a>, 0);
       
   835 
       
   836      while (read_buffer(buffer, length) != EOF) {
       
   837        crc = <a href="#crc32">crc32</a>(crc, buffer, length);
       
   838      }
       
   839      if (crc != original_crc) error();
       
   840    </pre>
       
   841 </dl>
       
   842 <hr>
       
   843 <a name="struct z_stream_s"><h2> struct z_stream_s </h2>
       
   844 <font color="Blue">
       
   845 <a name="z_stream_s">
       
   846 <pre>
       
   847 typedef struct z_stream_s {
       
   848     Bytef    *<a name="next_in">next_in</a>;  /* next input byte */
       
   849     uInt     <a name="avail_in">avail_in</a>;  /* number of bytes available at <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> */
       
   850     uLong    <a name="total_in">total_in</a>;  /* total nb of input bytes read so far */
       
   851 
       
   852     Bytef    *<a name="next_out">next_out</a>; /* next output byte should be put there */
       
   853     uInt     <a name="avail_out">avail_out</a>; /* remaining free space at <a href="#next_out">next_out</a> */
       
   854     uLong    <a name="total_out">total_out</a>; /* total nb of bytes output so far */
       
   855 
       
   856     char     *<a name="msg">msg</a>;      /* last error message, NULL if no error */
       
   857     struct internal_state FAR *<a name="state">state</a>; /* not visible by applications */
       
   858 
       
   859     alloc_func <a name="zalloc">zalloc</a>;  /* used to allocate the internal <a href="#state">state</a> */
       
   860     free_func  <a name="zfree">zfree</a>;   /* used to free the internal <a href="#state">state</a> */
       
   861     voidpf     <a name="opaque">opaque</a>;  /* private data object passed to <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a> and <a href="#zfree">zfree</a> */
       
   862 
       
   863     int     <a name="data_type">data_type</a>;  /* best guess about the data type: ascii or binary */
       
   864     uLong   <a name="adler">adler</a>;      /* <a href="#adler32">adler32</a> value of the uncompressed data */
       
   865     uLong   <a name="reserved">reserved</a>;   /* <a href="#reserved">reserved</a> for future use */
       
   866 } <a href="#z_stream_s">z_stream</a> ;
       
   867 
       
   868 typedef <a href="#z_stream_s">z_stream</a> FAR * <a name="z_streamp">z_streamp</a>;  ÿ
       
   869 </pre>
       
   870 </font>
       
   871    The application must update <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> and <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a> when <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a> has
       
   872    dropped to zero. It must update <a href="#next_out">next_out</a> and <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> when <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a>
       
   873    has dropped to zero. The application must initialize <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a>, <a href="#zfree">zfree</a> and
       
   874    <a href="#opaque">opaque</a> before calling the init function. All other fields are set by the
       
   875    compression library and must not be updated by the application. <p>
       
   876 
       
   877    The <a href="#opaque">opaque</a> value provided by the application will be passed as the first
       
   878    parameter for calls of <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a> and <a href="#zfree">zfree</a>. This can be useful for custom
       
   879    memory management. The compression library attaches no meaning to the
       
   880    <a href="#opaque">opaque</a> value. <p>
       
   881 
       
   882    <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a> must return <a href="#Z_NULL">Z_NULL</a> if there is not enough memory for the object.
       
   883    If zlib is used in a multi-threaded application, <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a> and <a href="#zfree">zfree</a> must be
       
   884    thread safe. <p>
       
   885 
       
   886    On 16-bit systems, the functions <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a> and <a href="#zfree">zfree</a> must be able to allocate
       
   887    exactly 65536 bytes, but will not be required to allocate more than this
       
   888    if the symbol MAXSEG_64K is defined (see zconf.h). WARNING: On MSDOS,
       
   889    pointers returned by <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a> for objects of exactly 65536 bytes *must*
       
   890    have their offset normalized to zero. The default allocation function
       
   891    provided by this library ensures this (see zutil.c). To reduce memory
       
   892    requirements and avoid any allocation of 64K objects, at the expense of
       
   893    compression ratio, compile the library with -DMAX_WBITS=14 (see zconf.h).
       
   894    <p>
       
   895 
       
   896    The fields <a href="#total_in">total_in</a> and <a href="#total_out">total_out</a> can be used for statistics or
       
   897    progress reports. After compression, <a href="#total_in">total_in</a> holds the total size of
       
   898    the uncompressed data and may be saved for use in the decompressor
       
   899    (particularly if the decompressor wants to decompress everything in
       
   900    a single step). <p>
       
   901 
       
   902 <hr>
       
   903 <a name="Constants"><h2> Constants </h2>
       
   904 <font color="Blue">
       
   905 <pre>
       
   906 #define <a name="Z_NO_FLUSH">Z_NO_FLUSH</a>      0
       
   907 #define <a name="Z_PARTIAL_FLUSH">Z_PARTIAL_FLUSH</a> 1
       
   908 	/* will be removed, use <a href="#Z_SYNC_FLUSH">Z_SYNC_FLUSH</a> instead */
       
   909 #define <a name="Z_SYNC_FLUSH">Z_SYNC_FLUSH</a>    2
       
   910 #define <a name="Z_FULL_FLUSH">Z_FULL_FLUSH</a>    3
       
   911 #define <a name="Z_FINISH">Z_FINISH</a>        4
       
   912 /* Allowed flush values ; see <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>() below for details */
       
   913 
       
   914 #define <a name="Z_OK">Z_OK</a>            0
       
   915 #define <a name="Z_STREAM_END">Z_STREAM_END</a>    1
       
   916 #define <a name="Z_NEED_DICT">Z_NEED_DICT</a>     2
       
   917 #define <a name="Z_ERRNO">Z_ERRNO</a>        (-1)
       
   918 #define <a name="Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> (-2)
       
   919 #define <a name="Z_DATA_ERROR">Z_DATA_ERROR</a>   (-3)
       
   920 #define <a name="Z_MEM_ERROR">Z_MEM_ERROR</a>    (-4)
       
   921 #define <a name="Z_BUF_ERROR">Z_BUF_ERROR</a>    (-5)
       
   922 #define <a name="Z_VERSION_ERROR">Z_VERSION_ERROR</a> (-6)
       
   923 /* Return codes for the compression/decompression functions. Negative
       
   924  * values are errors, positive values are used for special but normal events.
       
   925  */
       
   926 
       
   927 #define <a name="Z_NO_COMPRESSION">Z_NO_COMPRESSION</a>         0
       
   928 #define <a name="Z_BEST_SPEED">Z_BEST_SPEED</a>             1
       
   929 #define <a name="Z_BEST_COMPRESSION">Z_BEST_COMPRESSION</a>       9
       
   930 #define <a name="Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION">Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION</a>  (-1)
       
   931 /* compression levels */
       
   932 
       
   933 #define <a name="Z_FILTERED">Z_FILTERED</a>            1
       
   934 #define <a name="Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY">Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY</a>        2
       
   935 #define <a name="Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY">Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY</a>    0
       
   936 /* compression strategy ; see <a href="#deflateInit2">deflateInit2</a>() below for details */
       
   937 
       
   938 #define <a name="Z_BINARY">Z_BINARY</a>   0
       
   939 #define <a name="Z_ASCII">Z_ASCII</a>    1
       
   940 #define <a name="Z_UNKNOWN">Z_UNKNOWN</a>  2
       
   941 /* Possible values of the <a href="#data_type">data_type</a> field */
       
   942 
       
   943 #define <a name="Z_DEFLATED">Z_DEFLATED</a>   8
       
   944 /* The <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> compression method (the only one supported in this version) */
       
   945 
       
   946 #define <a name="Z_NULL">Z_NULL</a>  0  /* for initializing <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a>, <a href="#zfree">zfree</a>, <a href="#opaque">opaque</a> */
       
   947 
       
   948 #define <a name="zlib_version">zlib_version</a> <a href="#zlibVersion">zlibVersion</a>()
       
   949 /* for compatibility with versions less than 1.0.2 */
       
   950 </pre>
       
   951 </font>
       
   952 
       
   953 <hr>
       
   954 <a name="Misc"><h2> Misc </h2>
       
   955  <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a> and <a href="#inflateInit">inflateInit</a> are macros to allow checking the zlib version
       
   956  and the compiler's view of <a href="#z_stream_s">z_stream</a>.
       
   957  <p>
       
   958  Other functions:
       
   959  <dl>
       
   960  <font color="Blue"><dt> const char   *  <a name="zError">zError</a>           (int err);</font>
       
   961  <font color="Blue"><dt> int             <a name="inflateSyncPoint">inflateSyncPoint</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> z);</font>
       
   962  <font color="Blue"><dt> const uLongf *  <a name="get_crc_table">get_crc_table</a>    (void);</font>
       
   963  </dl>
       
   964  <hr>
       
   965  <font size="-1">
       
   966  Last update: Wed Oct 13 20:42:34 1999<br>
       
   967  piapi@csie.ntu.edu.tw
       
   968  </font>
       
   969 
       
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