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4710c53d | 1 | ZLIB DATA COMPRESSION LIBRARY\r |
2 | \r | |
3 | zlib 1.2.3 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code is\r | |
4 | thread safe. The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFCs\r | |
5 | (Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files\r | |
6 | http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1950.txt (zlib format), rfc1951.txt (deflate format)\r | |
7 | and rfc1952.txt (gzip format). These documents are also available in other\r | |
8 | formats from ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/documents/zlib/zdoc-index.html\r | |
9 | \r | |
10 | All functions of the compression library are documented in the file zlib.h\r | |
11 | (volunteer to write man pages welcome, contact zlib@gzip.org). A usage example\r | |
12 | of the library is given in the file example.c which also tests that the library\r | |
13 | is working correctly. Another example is given in the file minigzip.c. The\r | |
14 | compression library itself is composed of all source files except example.c and\r | |
15 | minigzip.c.\r | |
16 | \r | |
17 | To compile all files and run the test program, follow the instructions given at\r | |
18 | the top of Makefile. In short "make test; make install" should work for most\r | |
19 | machines. For Unix: "./configure; make test; make install". For MSDOS, use one\r | |
20 | of the special makefiles such as Makefile.msc. For VMS, use make_vms.com.\r | |
21 | \r | |
22 | Questions about zlib should be sent to <zlib@gzip.org>, or to Gilles Vollant\r | |
23 | <info@winimage.com> for the Windows DLL version. The zlib home page is\r | |
24 | http://www.zlib.org or http://www.gzip.org/zlib/ Before reporting a problem,\r | |
25 | please check this site to verify that you have the latest version of zlib;\r | |
26 | otherwise get the latest version and check whether the problem still exists or\r | |
27 | not.\r | |
28 | \r | |
29 | PLEASE read the zlib FAQ http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html before asking\r | |
30 | for help.\r | |
31 | \r | |
32 | Mark Nelson <markn@ieee.org> wrote an article about zlib for the Jan. 1997\r | |
33 | issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal; a copy of the article is available in\r | |
34 | http://dogma.net/markn/articles/zlibtool/zlibtool.htm\r | |
35 | \r | |
36 | The changes made in version 1.2.3 are documented in the file ChangeLog.\r | |
37 | \r | |
38 | Unsupported third party contributions are provided in directory "contrib".\r | |
39 | \r | |
40 | A Java implementation of zlib is available in the Java Development Kit\r | |
41 | http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/zip/package-summary.html\r | |
42 | See the zlib home page http://www.zlib.org for details.\r | |
43 | \r | |
44 | A Perl interface to zlib written by Paul Marquess <pmqs@cpan.org> is in the\r | |
45 | CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites\r | |
46 | http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Compress/\r | |
47 | \r | |
48 | A Python interface to zlib written by A.M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> is\r | |
49 | available in Python 1.5 and later versions, see\r | |
50 | http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-zlib.html\r | |
51 | \r | |
52 | A zlib binding for TCL written by Andreas Kupries <a.kupries@westend.com> is\r | |
53 | availlable at http://www.oche.de/~akupries/soft/trf/trf_zip.html\r | |
54 | \r | |
55 | An experimental package to read and write files in .zip format, written on top\r | |
56 | of zlib by Gilles Vollant <info@winimage.com>, is available in the\r | |
57 | contrib/minizip directory of zlib.\r | |
58 | \r | |
59 | \r | |
60 | Notes for some targets:\r | |
61 | \r | |
62 | - For Windows DLL versions, please see win32/DLL_FAQ.txt\r | |
63 | \r | |
64 | - For 64-bit Irix, deflate.c must be compiled without any optimization. With\r | |
65 | -O, one libpng test fails. The test works in 32 bit mode (with the -n32\r | |
66 | compiler flag). The compiler bug has been reported to SGI.\r | |
67 | \r | |
68 | - zlib doesn't work with gcc 2.6.3 on a DEC 3000/300LX under OSF/1 2.1 it works\r | |
69 | when compiled with cc.\r | |
70 | \r | |
71 | - On Digital Unix 4.0D (formely OSF/1) on AlphaServer, the cc option -std1 is\r | |
72 | necessary to get gzprintf working correctly. This is done by configure.\r | |
73 | \r | |
74 | - zlib doesn't work on HP-UX 9.05 with some versions of /bin/cc. It works with\r | |
75 | other compilers. Use "make test" to check your compiler.\r | |
76 | \r | |
77 | - gzdopen is not supported on RISCOS, BEOS and by some Mac compilers.\r | |
78 | \r | |
79 | - For PalmOs, see http://palmzlib.sourceforge.net/\r | |
80 | \r | |
81 | - When building a shared, i.e. dynamic library on Mac OS X, the library must be\r | |
82 | installed before testing (do "make install" before "make test"), since the\r | |
83 | library location is specified in the library.\r | |
84 | \r | |
85 | \r | |
86 | Acknowledgments:\r | |
87 | \r | |
88 | The deflate format used by zlib was defined by Phil Katz. The deflate\r | |
89 | and zlib specifications were written by L. Peter Deutsch. Thanks to all the\r | |
90 | people who reported problems and suggested various improvements in zlib;\r | |
91 | they are too numerous to cite here.\r | |
92 | \r | |
93 | Copyright notice:\r | |
94 | \r | |
95 | (C) 1995-2004 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler\r | |
96 | \r | |
97 | This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied\r | |
98 | warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages\r | |
99 | arising from the use of this software.\r | |
100 | \r | |
101 | Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,\r | |
102 | including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it\r | |
103 | freely, subject to the following restrictions:\r | |
104 | \r | |
105 | 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not\r | |
106 | claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software\r | |
107 | in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be\r | |
108 | appreciated but is not required.\r | |
109 | 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be\r | |
110 | misrepresented as being the original software.\r | |
111 | 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.\r | |
112 | \r | |
113 | Jean-loup Gailly Mark Adler\r | |
114 | jloup@gzip.org madler@alumni.caltech.edu\r | |
115 | \r | |
116 | If you use the zlib library in a product, we would appreciate *not*\r | |
117 | receiving lengthy legal documents to sign. The sources are provided\r | |
118 | for free but without warranty of any kind. The library has been\r | |
119 | entirely written by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler; it does not\r | |
120 | include third-party code.\r | |
121 | \r | |
122 | If you redistribute modified sources, we would appreciate that you include\r | |
123 | in the file ChangeLog history information documenting your changes. Please\r | |
124 | read the FAQ for more information on the distribution of modified source\r | |
125 | versions.\r |