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ZLIB DATA COMPRESSION LIBRARY
zlib 1�2�8 is a general purpose data compression 
library� All the code is thread safe� The data format 
used by the zlib library is described by RFCs (Request 
for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the les http://tools.
ietf.org/html/rfc1950 (zlib format), rfc1951 (deate 
format) and rfc1952 (gzip format)�
All functions of the compression library are 
documented in the le zlib.h (volunteer to write 
man pages welcome, contact zlib@gzip�org)� A 
usage example of the library is given in the le test/
example�c which also tests that the library is working 
correctly. Another example is given in the le test/
minigzip�c� The compression library itself is composed 
of all source les in the root directory.
To compile all les and run the test program, follow 
the instructions given at the top of Makele.in. In short 
″./congure; make test″, and if that goes well, ″make 
install″ should work for most avors of Unix. For 
Windows, use one of the special makeles in win32/ 
or contrib/vstudio/ � For VMS, use make_vms�com�
Questions about zlib should be sent to <zlib@gzip�
org>, or to Gilles Vollant <info@winimage�com> for 
the Windows DLL version� The zlib home page is 
http://zlib�net/ � Before reporting a problem, please 
check this site to verify that you have the latest 
version of zlib; otherwise get the latest version and 
check whether the problem still exists or not�
PLEASE read the zlib FAQ http://zlib�net/zlib_faq�
html before asking for help�
Mark Nelson <markn@ieee�org> wrote an article 
about zlib for the Jan� 1997 issue of Dr� Dobb’s 
Journal; a copy of the article is available at http://
marknelson�us/1997/01/01/zlib-engine/ �
The changes made in version 1�2�8 are documented 
in the le ChangeLog.
Unsupported third party contributions are provided 
in directory contrib/ �
zlib is available in Java using the java�util�zip package, 
documented at http://java�sun�com/developer/
technicalArticles/Programming/compression/ �
A Perl interface to zlib written by Paul Marquess 
<pmqs@cpan�org> is available at CPAN 
(Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites, including 
http://search�cpan�org/~pmqs/IO-Compress-Zlib/ �
A Python interface to zlib written by A�M�Kuchling 
<amk@amk�ca> is available in Python 1�5 and later 
versions, see http://docs�python�org/library/zlib�html �
zlib is built into tcl: http://wiki�tcl�tk/4610 �
An experimental package to read and write les in 
�zip format, written on top of zlib by Gilles Vollant 
<info@winimage�com>, is available in the contrib/
minizip directory of zlib�
Notes for some targets:
-  For Windows DLL versions, please see win32/
DLL_FAQ�txt
-  
For 64-bit Irix, deate.c must be compiled without any 
optimization� With - O, one libpng test fails� The test 
works in 32 bit mode (with the -n32 compiler ag).
 
The compiler bug has been reported to SGI�
-  
zlib doesn’t work with gcc 2�6�3 on a DEC 3000/300LX 
under OSF/1 2�1 it works when compiled with cc�
-  
On Digital Unix 4�0D (formely OSF/1) on 
AlphaServer, the cc option -std1 is necessary to get 
gzprintf working correctly. This is done by congure.
-  zlib doesn’t work on HP-UX 9�05 with some 
versions of /bin/cc� It works with other compilers�
Use “make test” to check your compiler�
- gzdopen is not supported on RISCOS or BEOS�
- For PalmOs, see http://palmzlib�sourceforge�net/
Acknowledgments:
The deate format used by zlib was dened by 
Phil Katz. The deate and zlib specications were 
written by L� Peter Deutsch� Thanks to all the 
people who reported problems and suggested 
various improvements in zlib; they are too 
numerous to cite here�
Copyright notice:
(C) 1995-2013 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
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�
Permission is granted to anyone to use this 
software for any purpose, including commercial 
applications, and to alter it and redistribute it freely, 
subject to the following restrictions:
1�  The origin of this software must not be 
misrepresented; you must not claim that you 
wrote the original software� If you use this 
software in a product, an acknowledgment 
in the product documentation would be 
appreciated but is not required�
2�  
Altered source versions must be plainly 
marked as such, and must not be 
misrepresented as being the original software�
3�  This notice may not be removed or altered 
from any source distribution�
Jean-loup Gailly Mark Adler
jloup@gzip�org madler@alumni�caltech�edu
If you use the zlib library in a product, we would 
appreciate *not* receiving lengthy legal documents 
to sign� The sources are provided for free but 
without warranty of any kind� The library has been 
entirely written by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler; 
it does not include third-party code�
If you redistribute modied sources, we would 
appreciate that you include in the le ChangeLog 
history information documenting your changes� 
Please read the FAQ for more information on the 
distribution of modied source versions.