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-This directory contains examples of the use of zlib.
+This directory contains examples of the use of zlib and other relevant
+programs and documentation.
+
+enough.c
+ calculation and justification of ENOUGH parameter in inftrees.h
+ - calculates the maximum table space used in inflate tree
+ construction over all possible Huffman codes
fitblk.c
compress just enough input to nearly fill a requested output size
@@ -23,9 +29,16 @@ gzjoin.c
gzlog.c
gzlog.h
- efficiently maintain a message log file in gzip format
- - illustrates use of raw deflate and Z_SYNC_FLUSH
- - illustrates use of gzip header extra field
+ efficiently and robustly maintain a message log file in gzip format
+ - illustrates use of raw deflate, Z_PARTIAL_FLUSH, deflatePrime(),
+ and deflateSetDictionary()
+ - illustrates use of a gzip header extra field
+
+pigz.c
+ parallel implementation of gzip compression
+ - uses pthreads to speed up compression on multiple core machines
+ - illustrates the use of deflateSetDictionary() with raw deflate
+ - illustrates the use of crc32_combine()
zlib_how.html
painfully comprehensive description of zpipe.c (see below)