1 This directory contains examples of the use of zlib.

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     3 fitblk.c

     4     compress just enough input to nearly fill a requested output size

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

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     7 gun.c

     8     uncompress a gzip file

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

    10       decompression using call-back functions

    11     - is approximately twice as fast as gzip -d

    12     - also provides Unix uncompress functionality, again twice as fast

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    14 gzappend.c

    15     append to a gzip file

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

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

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    19 gzjoin.c

    20     join gzip files without recalculating the crc or recompressing

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

    22     - illustrates the use of crc32_combine()

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    24 gzlog.c

    25 gzlog.h

    26     efficiently maintain a message log file in gzip format

    27     - illustrates use of raw deflate and Z_SYNC_FLUSH

    28     - illustrates use of gzip header extra field

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    30 zlib_how.html

    31     painfully comprehensive description of zpipe.c (see below)

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

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    34 zpipe.c

    35     reads and writes zlib streams from stdin to stdout

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

    37     - deeply commented in zlib_how.html (see above)

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    39 zran.c

    40     index a zlib or gzip stream and randomly access it

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

    42       inflateSetDictionary() to provide random access