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  1. ZLIB DATA COMPRESSION LIBRARY
  2. zlib 1.2.4 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code is
  3. thread safe. The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFCs
  4. (Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files
  5. http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1950.txt (zlib format), rfc1951.txt (deflate format)
  6. and rfc1952.txt (gzip format).
  7. All functions of the compression library are documented in the file zlib.h
  8. (volunteer to write man pages welcome, contact zlib@gzip.org). Two compiled
  9. examples are distributed in this package, example and minigzip. The example_d
  10. and minigzip_d flavors validate that the zlib1.dll file is working correctly.
  11. Questions about zlib should be sent to <zlib@gzip.org>. The zlib home page
  12. is http://zlib.net/ . Before reporting a problem, please check this site to
  13. verify that you have the latest version of zlib; otherwise get the latest
  14. version and check whether the problem still exists or not.
  15. PLEASE read DLL_FAQ.txt, and the the zlib FAQ http://zlib.net/zlib_faq.html
  16. before asking for help.
  17. Manifest:
  18. The package zlib-1.2.4-win32-x86.zip contains the following files:
  19. README-WIN32.txt This document
  20. ChangeLog Changes since previous zlib packages
  21. DLL_FAQ.txt Frequently asked questions about zlib1.dll
  22. zlib.3.pdf Documentation of this library in Adobe Acrobat format
  23. example.exe A statically-bound example (using zlib.lib, not the dll)
  24. example.pdb Symbolic information for debugging example.exe
  25. example_d.exe A zlib1.dll bound example (using zdll.lib)
  26. example_d.pdb Symbolic information for debugging example_d.exe
  27. minigzip.exe A statically-bound test program (using zlib.lib, not the dll)
  28. minigzip.pdb Symbolic information for debugging minigzip.exe
  29. minigzip_d.exe A zlib1.dll bound test program (using zdll.lib)
  30. minigzip_d.pdb Symbolic information for debugging minigzip_d.exe
  31. zlib.h Install these files into the compilers' INCLUDE path to
  32. zconf.h compile programs which use zlib.lib or zdll.lib
  33. zdll.lib Install these files into the compilers' LIB path if linking
  34. zdll.exp a compiled program to the zlib1.dll binary
  35. zlib.lib Install these files into the compilers' LIB path to link zlib
  36. zlib.pdb into compiled programs, without zlib1.dll runtime dependency
  37. (zlib.pdb provides debugging info to the compile time linker)
  38. zlib1.dll Install this binary shared library into the system PATH, or
  39. the program's runtime directory (where the .exe resides)
  40. zlib1.pdb Install in the same directory as zlib1.dll, in order to debug
  41. an application crash using WinDbg or similar tools.
  42. All .pdb files above are entirely optional, but are very useful to a developer
  43. attempting to diagnose program misbehavior or a crash. Many additional
  44. important files for developers can be found in the zlib124.zip source package
  45. available from http://zlib.net/ - review that package's README file for details.
  46. Acknowledgments:
  47. The deflate format used by zlib was defined by Phil Katz. The deflate and
  48. zlib specifications were written by L. Peter Deutsch. Thanks to all the
  49. people who reported problems and suggested various improvements in zlib; they
  50. are too numerous to cite here.
  51. Copyright notice:
  52. (C) 1995-2010 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
  53. This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
  54. warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
  55. arising from the use of this software.
  56. Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
  57. including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
  58. freely, subject to the following restrictions:
  59. 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
  60. claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
  61. in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
  62. appreciated but is not required.
  63. 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
  64. misrepresented as being the original software.
  65. 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
  66. Jean-loup Gailly Mark Adler
  67. jloup@gzip.org madler@alumni.caltech.edu
  68. If you use the zlib library in a product, we would appreciate *not* receiving
  69. lengthy legal documents to sign. The sources are provided for free but without
  70. warranty of any kind. The library has been entirely written by Jean-loup
  71. Gailly and Mark Adler; it does not include third-party code.
  72. If you redistribute modified sources, we would appreciate that you include in
  73. the file ChangeLog history information documenting your changes. Please read
  74. the FAQ for more information on the distribution of modified source versions.