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