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|Full description=zlib is a general purpose data compression library. All the code is thread safe. | |Full description=zlib is a general purpose data compression library. All the code is thread safe. | ||
|Homepage URL=http://www.zlib.net/ | |Homepage URL=http://www.zlib.net/ | ||
− | |Documentation note=[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1950 | + | |Documentation note=The data format used by the zlib library is described by the following RFCs: |
− | [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1951 | + | |
− | [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1952 | + | *[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1950 RFC 1950] (zlib format) |
+ | *[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1951 RFC 1951] (deflate format) | ||
+ | *[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1952 RFC 1952] (gzip format) | ||
All functions of the compression library are documented in the file zlib.h. A usage example of the library is given in the file test/example.c which also tests that the library is working correctly. Another example is given in the file test/minigzip.c. The compression library itself is composed of all source files in the root directory. | All functions of the compression library are documented in the file zlib.h. A usage example of the library is given in the file test/example.c which also tests that the library is working correctly. Another example is given in the file test/minigzip.c. The compression library itself is composed of all source files in the root directory. | ||
− | To compile all files and run the test program, follow the instructions given at the top of Makefile.in. In short "./configure; make test", and if that goes well, "make install" | + | To compile all files and run the test program, follow the instructions given at the top of Makefile.in. In short "./configure; make test", and if that goes well, "make install" works for GNU and BSD systems. |
|Version identifier=1.2.8 | |Version identifier=1.2.8 | ||
|Version date=2013/04/28 | |Version date=2013/04/28 |
Revision as of 23:29, 19 September 2013
zlib
http://www.zlib.net/
library used for data compression.
zlib is a general purpose data compression library. All the code is thread safe.
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Leaders and contributors
Contact(s) | Role |
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Mark Adler | Maintainer |
Gilles Vollant | Contributor |
Jean-loup Gailly | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
Audience | Resource type | URI |
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Ruby (Ref) | https://rubygems.org/gems/zlib | |
Users | General | http://zlib.net/zlib_faq.html |
Contributors | Support | mailto:zlib@gzip.org |
Debian (Ref) | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/zlib | |
Users | Homepage | http://zlib.net/ |
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