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NAME
       Compress::Zlib - Interface to zlib compression library

SYNOPSIS
           use Compress::Zlib ;

           ($d, $status) = deflateInit( [OPT] ) ;
           $status = $d->deflate($input, $output) ;
           $status = $d->flush([$flush_type]) ;
           $d->deflateParams(OPTS) ;
           $d->deflateTune(OPTS) ;
           $d->dict_adler() ;
           $d->crc32() ;
           $d->adler32() ;
           $d->total_in() ;
           $d->total_out() ;
           $d->msg() ;
           $d->get_Strategy();
           $d->get_Level();
           $d->get_BufSize();

           ($i, $status) = inflateInit( [OPT] ) ;
           $status = $i->inflate($input, $output [, $eof]) ;
           $status = $i->inflateSync($input) ;
           $i->dict_adler() ;
           $d->crc32() ;
           $d->adler32() ;
           $i->total_in() ;
           $i->total_out() ;
           $i->msg() ;
           $d->get_BufSize();

           $dest = compress($source) ;
           $dest = uncompress($source) ;

           $gz = gzopen($filename or filehandle, $mode) ;
           $bytesread = $gz->gzread($buffer [,$size]) ;
           $bytesread = $gz->gzreadline($line) ;
           $byteswritten = $gz->gzwrite($buffer) ;
           $status = $gz->gzflush($flush) ;
           $offset = $gz->gztell() ;
           $status = $gz->gzseek($offset, $whence) ;
           $status = $gz->gzclose() ;
           $status = $gz->gzeof() ;
           $status = $gz->gzsetparams($level, $strategy) ;
           $errstring = $gz->gzerror() ;
           $gzerrno

           $dest = Compress::Zlib::memGzip($buffer) ;
           $dest = Compress::Zlib::memGunzip($buffer) ;

           $crc = adler32($buffer [,$crc]) ;
           $crc = crc32($buffer [,$crc]) ;

           $crc = adler32_combine($crc1, $crc2, $len2)l
           $crc = crc32_combine($adler1, $adler2, $len2)

           my $version = Compress::Raw::Zlib::zlib_version();

DESCRIPTION
       The Compress::Zlib module provides a Perl interface to the zlib compression library (see
       "AUTHOR" for details about where to get zlib).

       The "Compress::Zlib" module can be split into two general areas of functionality, namely a
       simple read/write interface to gzip files and a low-level in-memory compression/decompres-
       sion interface.

       Each of these areas will be discussed in the following sections.

       Notes for users of Compress::Zlib version 1

       The main change in "Compress::Zlib" version 2.x is that it does not now interface directly
       to the zlib library. Instead it uses the "IO::Compress::Gzip" and "IO::Uncompress::Gunzip"
       modules for reading/writing gzip files, and the "Compress::Raw::Zlib" module for some low-
       level zlib access.

       The interface provided by version 2 of this module should be 100% backward compatible with
       version 1. If you find a difference in the expected behaviour please contact the author
       (See "AUTHOR"). See "GZIP INTERFACE"

       With the creation of the "IO::Compress" and "IO::Uncompress" modules no new features are
       planned for "Compress::Zlib" - the new modules do everything that "Compress::Zlib" does
       and then some. Development on "Compress::Zlib" will be limited to bug fixes only.

       If you are writing new code, your first port of call should be one of the new "IO::Com-
       press" or "IO::Uncompress" modules.

GZIP INTERFACE
       A number of functions are supplied in zlib for reading and writing gzip files that conform
       to RFC 1952. This module provides an interface to most of them.

       If you have previously used "Compress::Zlib" 1.x, the following enhancements/changes have
       been made to the "gzopen" interface:

       1    If you want to to open either STDIN or STDOUT with "gzopen", you can now optionally
            use the special filename ""-"" as a synonym for "\*STDIN" and "\*STDOUT".

       2    In "Compress::Zlib" version 1.x, "gzopen" used the zlib library to open the underly-
            ing file. This made things especially tricky when a Perl filehandle was passed to
            "gzopen". Behind the scenes the numeric C file descriptor had to be extracted from
            the Perl filehandle and this passed to the zlib library.

            Apart from being non-portable to some operating systems, this made it difficult to
            use "gzopen" in situations where you wanted to extract/create a gzip data stream that
            is embedded in a larger file, without having to resort to opening and closing the
            file multiple times.

            It also made it impossible to pass a perl filehandle that wasn't associated with a
            real filesystem file, like, say, an "IO::String".

            In "Compress::Zlib" version 2.x, the "gzopen" interface has been completely rewritten
            to use the IO::Compress::Gzip for writing gzip files and IO::Uncompress::Gunzip for
            reading gzip files. None of the limitations mentioned above apply.

       3    Addition of "gzseek" to provide a restricted "seek" interface.

       4.   Added "gztell".

       A more complete and flexible interface for reading/writing gzip files/buffers is included
       with the module "IO-Compress-Zlib". See IO::Compress::Gzip and IO::Uncompress::Gunzip for
       more details.

       $gz = gzopen($filename, $mode)
       $gz = gzopen($filehandle, $mode)
            This function opens either the gzip file $filename for reading or writing or attaches
            to the opened filehandle, $filehandle.  It returns an object on success and "undef"
            on failure.

            When writing a gzip file this interface will always create the smallest possible gzip
            header (exactly 10 bytes). If you want greater control over what gets stored in the
            gzip header (like the original filename or a comment) use IO::Compress::Gzip instead.
            Similarly if you want to read the contents of the gzip header use IO::Uncom-
            press::Gunzip.

            The second parameter, $mode, is used to specify whether the file is opened for read-
            ing or writing and to optionally specify a compression level and compression strategy
            when writing. The format of the $mode parameter is similar to the mode parameter to
            the 'C' function "fopen", so "rb" is used to open for reading, "wb" for writing and
            "ab" for appending (writing at the end of the file).

            To specify a compression level when writing, append a digit between 0 and 9 to the
            mode string -- 0 means no compression and 9 means maximum compression.  If no com-
            pression level is specified Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION is used.

            To specify the compression strategy when writing, append 'f' for filtered data, 'h'
            for Huffman only compression, or 'R' for run-length encoding.  If no strategy is
            specified Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY is used.

            So, for example, "wb9" means open for writing with the maximum compression using the
            default strategy and "wb4R" means open for writing with compression level 4 and run-
            length encoding.

            Refer to the zlib documentation for the exact format of the $mode parameter.

       $bytesread = $gz->gzread($buffer [, $size]) ;
            Reads $size bytes from the compressed file into $buffer. If $size is not specified,
            it will default to 4096. If the scalar $buffer is not large enough, it will be
            extended automatically.

            Returns the number of bytes actually read. On EOF it returns 0 and in the case of an
            error, -1.

       $bytesread = $gz->gzreadline($line) ;
            Reads the next line from the compressed file into $line.

            Returns the number of bytes actually read. On EOF it returns 0 and in the case of an
            error, -1.

            It is legal to intermix calls to "gzread" and "gzreadline".

            To maintain backward compatibility with version 1.x of this module "gzreadline"
            ignores the $/ variable - it always uses the string "\n" as the line delimiter.

            If you want to read a gzip file a line at a time and have it respect the $/ variable
            (or $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, or $RS when "English" is in use) see IO::Uncom-
            press::Gunzip.

       $byteswritten = $gz->gzwrite($buffer) ;
            Writes the contents of $buffer to the compressed file. Returns the number of bytes
            actually written, or 0 on error.

       $status = $gz->gzflush($flush_type) ;
            Flushes all pending output into the compressed file.

            This method takes an optional parameter, $flush_type, that controls how the flushing
            will be carried out. By default the $flush_type used is "Z_FINISH". Other valid val-
            ues for $flush_type are "Z_NO_FLUSH", "Z_SYNC_FLUSH", "Z_FULL_FLUSH" and "Z_BLOCK".
            It is strongly recommended that you only set the "flush_type" parameter if you fully
            understand the implications of what it does - overuse of "flush" can seriously
            degrade the level of compression achieved. See the "zlib" documentation for details.

            Returns 0 on success.

       $offset = $gz->gztell() ;
            Returns the uncompressed file offset.

       $status = $gz->gzseek($offset, $whence) ;
            Provides a sub-set of the "seek" functionality, with the restriction that it is only
            legal to seek forward in the compressed file.  It is a fatal error to attempt to seek
            backward.

            When opened for writing, empty parts of the file will have NULL (0x00) bytes written
            to them.

            The $whence parameter should be one of SEEK_SET, SEEK_CUR or SEEK_END.

            Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure.

       $gz->gzclose
            Closes the compressed file. Any pending data is flushed to the file before it is
            closed.

            Returns 0 on success.

       $gz->gzsetparams($level, $strategy
            Change settings for the deflate stream $gz.

            The list of the valid options is shown below. Options not specified will remain
            unchanged.

            Note: This method is only available if you are running zlib 1.0.6 or better.

            $level
                 Defines the compression level. Valid values are 0 through 9, "Z_NO_COMPRESSION",
                 "Z_BEST_SPEED", "Z_BEST_COMPRESSION", and "Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION".

            $strategy
                 Defines the strategy used to tune the compression. The valid values are
                 "Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY", "Z_FILTERED" and "Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY".

       $gz->gzerror
            Returns the zlib error message or number for the last operation associated with $gz.
            The return value will be the zlib error number when used in a numeric context and the
            zlib error message when used in a string context. The zlib error number constants,
            shown below, are available for use.

                Z_OK
                Z_STREAM_END
                Z_ERRNO
                Z_STREAM_ERROR
                Z_DATA_ERROR
                Z_MEM_ERROR
                Z_BUF_ERROR

       $gzerrno
            The $gzerrno scalar holds the error code associated with the most recent gzip rou-
            tine. Note that unlike "gzerror()", the error is not associated with a particular
            file.

            As with "gzerror()" it returns an error number in numeric context and an error mes-
            sage in string context. Unlike "gzerror()" though, the error message will correspond
            to the zlib message when the error is associated with zlib itself, or the UNIX error
            message when it is not (i.e. zlib returned "Z_ERRORNO").

            As there is an overlap between the error numbers used by zlib and UNIX, $gzerrno
            should only be used to check for the presence of an error in numeric context. Use
            "gzerror()" to check for specific zlib errors. The gzcat example below shows how the
            variable can be used safely.

       Examples

       Here is an example script which uses the interface. It implements a gzcat function.

           use strict ;
           use warnings ;

           use Compress::Zlib ;

           # use stdin if no files supplied
           @ARGV = '-' unless @ARGV ;

           foreach my $file (@ARGV) {
               my $buffer ;

               my $gz = gzopen($file, "rb")
                    or die "Cannot open $file: $gzerrno\n" ;

               print $buffer while $gz->gzread($buffer) > 0 ;

               die "Error reading from $file: $gzerrno" . ($gzerrno+0) . "\n"
                   if $gzerrno != Z_STREAM_END ;

               $gz->gzclose() ;
           }

       Below is a script which makes use of "gzreadline". It implements a very simple grep like
       script.

           use strict ;
           use warnings ;

           use Compress::Zlib ;

           die "Usage: gzgrep pattern [file...]\n"
               unless @ARGV >= 1;

           my $pattern = shift ;

           # use stdin if no files supplied
           @ARGV = '-' unless @ARGV ;

           foreach my $file (@ARGV) {
               my $gz = gzopen($file, "rb")
                    or die "Cannot open $file: $gzerrno\n" ;

               while ($gz->gzreadline($_) > 0) {
                   print if /$pattern/ ;
               }

               die "Error reading from $file: $gzerrno\n"
                   if $gzerrno != Z_STREAM_END ;

               $gz->gzclose() ;
           }

       This script, gzstream, does the opposite of the gzcat script above. It reads from standard
       input and writes a gzip data stream to standard output.

           use strict ;
           use warnings ;

           use Compress::Zlib ;

           binmode STDOUT;  # gzopen only sets it on the fd

           my $gz = gzopen(\*STDOUT, "wb")
                 or die "Cannot open stdout: $gzerrno\n" ;

           while (<>) {
               $gz->gzwrite($_)
                 or die "error writing: $gzerrno\n" ;
           }

           $gz->gzclose ;

       Compress::Zlib::memGzip

       This function is used to create an in-memory gzip file with the minimum possible gzip
       header (exactly 10 bytes).

           $dest = Compress::Zlib::memGzip($buffer) ;

       If successful, it returns the in-memory gzip file, otherwise it returns undef.

       The $buffer parameter can either be a scalar or a scalar reference.

       See IO::Compress::Gzip for an alternative way to carry out in-memory gzip compression.

       Compress::Zlib::memGunzip

       This function is used to uncompress an in-memory gzip file.

           $dest = Compress::Zlib::memGunzip($buffer) ;

       If successful, it returns the uncompressed gzip file, otherwise it returns undef.

       The $buffer parameter can either be a scalar or a scalar reference. The contents of the
       $buffer parameter are destroyed after calling this function.

       See IO::Uncompress::Gunzip for an alternative way to carry out in-memory gzip uncompres-
       sion.

COMPRESS/UNCOMPRESS
       Two functions are provided to perform in-memory compression/uncompression of RFC 1950 data
       streams. They are called "compress" and "uncompress".

       $dest = compress($source [, $level] ) ;
            Compresses $source. If successful it returns the compressed data. Otherwise it
            returns undef.

            The source buffer, $source, can either be a scalar or a scalar reference.

            The $level parameter defines the compression level. Valid values are 0 through 9,
            "Z_NO_COMPRESSION", "Z_BEST_SPEED", "Z_BEST_COMPRESSION", and "Z_DEFAULT_COMPRES-
            SION".  If $level is not specified "Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION" will be used.

       $dest = uncompress($source) ;
            Uncompresses $source. If successful it returns the uncompressed data. Otherwise it
            returns undef.

            The source buffer can either be a scalar or a scalar reference.

       Please note: the two functions defined above are not compatible with the Unix commands of
       the same name.

       See IO::Deflate and IO::Inflate included with this distribution for an alternative inter-
       face for reading/writing RFC 1950 files/buffers.

Deflate Interface
       This section defines an interface that allows in-memory compression using the deflate
       interface provided by zlib.

       Here is a definition of the interface available:

       ($d, $status) = deflateInit( [OPT] )

       Initialises a deflation stream.

       It combines the features of the zlib functions "deflateInit", "deflateInit2" and "deflate-
       SetDictionary".

       If successful, it will return the initialised deflation stream, $d and $status of "Z_OK"
       in a list context. In scalar context it returns the deflation stream, $d, only.

       If not successful, the returned deflation stream ($d) will be undef and $status will hold
       the exact zlib error code.

       The function optionally takes a number of named options specified as "-Name=>value" pairs.
       This allows individual options to be tailored without having to specify them all in the
       parameter list.

       For backward compatibility, it is also possible to pass the parameters as a reference to a
       hash containing the name=>value pairs.

       The function takes one optional parameter, a reference to a hash.  The contents of the
       hash allow the deflation interface to be tailored.

       Here is a list of the valid options:

       -Level
            Defines the compression level. Valid values are 0 through 9, "Z_NO_COMPRESSION",
            "Z_BEST_SPEED", "Z_BEST_COMPRESSION", and "Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION".

            The default is Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION.

       -Method
            Defines the compression method. The only valid value at present (and the default) is
            Z_DEFLATED.

       -WindowBits
            To create an RFC 1950 data stream, set "WindowBits" to a positive number.

            To create an RFC 1951 data stream, set "WindowBits" to "-MAX_WBITS".

            For a full definition of the meaning and valid values for "WindowBits" refer to the
            zlib documentation for deflateInit2.

            Defaults to MAX_WBITS.

       -MemLevel
            For a definition of the meaning and valid values for "MemLevel" refer to the zlib
            documentation for deflateInit2.

            Defaults to MAX_MEM_LEVEL.

       -Strategy
            Defines the strategy used to tune the compression. The valid values are
            "Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY", "Z_FILTERED" and "Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY".

            The default is Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY.

       -Dictionary
            When a dictionary is specified Compress::Zlib will automatically call "deflateSetDic-
            tionary" directly after calling "deflateInit". The Adler32 value for the dictionary
            can be obtained by calling the method "$d-"dict_adler()>.

            The default is no dictionary.

       -Bufsize
            Sets the initial size for the deflation buffer. If the buffer has to be reallocated
            to increase the size, it will grow in increments of "Bufsize".

            The default is 4096.

       Here is an example of using the "deflateInit" optional parameter list to override the
       default buffer size and compression level. All other options will take their default val-
       ues.

           deflateInit( -Bufsize => 300,
                        -Level => Z_BEST_SPEED  ) ;

       ($out, $status) = $d->deflate($buffer)

       Deflates the contents of $buffer. The buffer can either be a scalar or a scalar reference.
       When finished, $buffer will be completely processed (assuming there were no errors). If
       the deflation was successful it returns the deflated output, $out, and a status value,
       $status, of "Z_OK".

       On error, $out will be undef and $status will contain the zlib error code.

       In a scalar context "deflate" will return $out only.

       As with the deflate function in zlib, it is not necessarily the case that any output will
       be produced by this method. So don't rely on the fact that $out is empty for an error
       test.

       ($out, $status) = $d->flush() =head2 ($out, $status) = $d->flush($flush_type)

       Typically used to finish the deflation. Any pending output will be returned via $out.
       $status will have a value "Z_OK" if successful.

       In a scalar context "flush" will return $out only.

       Note that flushing can seriously degrade the compression ratio, so it should only be used
       to terminate a decompression (using "Z_FINISH") or when you want to create a full flush
       point (using "Z_FULL_FLUSH").

       By default the "flush_type" used is "Z_FINISH". Other valid values for "flush_type" are
       "Z_NO_FLUSH", "Z_PARTIAL_FLUSH", "Z_SYNC_FLUSH" and "Z_FULL_FLUSH". It is strongly recom-
       mended that you only set the "flush_type" parameter if you fully understand the implica-
       tions of what it does. See the "zlib" documentation for details.

       $status = $d->deflateParams([OPT])

       Change settings for the deflate stream $d.

       The list of the valid options is shown below. Options not specified will remain unchanged.

       -Level
            Defines the compression level. Valid values are 0 through 9, "Z_NO_COMPRESSION",
            "Z_BEST_SPEED", "Z_BEST_COMPRESSION", and "Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION".

       -Strategy
            Defines the strategy used to tune the compression. The valid values are
            "Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY", "Z_FILTERED" and "Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY".

       $d->dict_adler()

       Returns the adler32 value for the dictionary.

       $d->msg()

       Returns the last error message generated by zlib.

       $d->total_in()

       Returns the total number of bytes uncompressed bytes input to deflate.

       $d->total_out()

       Returns the total number of compressed bytes output from deflate.

       Example

       Here is a trivial example of using "deflate". It simply reads standard input, deflates it
       and writes it to standard output.

           use strict ;
           use warnings ;

           use Compress::Zlib ;

           binmode STDIN;
           binmode STDOUT;
           my $x = deflateInit()
              or die "Cannot create a deflation stream\n" ;

           my ($output, $status) ;
           while (<>)
           {
               ($output, $status) = $x->deflate($_) ;

               $status == Z_OK
                   or die "deflation failed\n" ;

               print $output ;
           }

           ($output, $status) = $x->flush() ;

           $status == Z_OK
               or die "deflation failed\n" ;

           print $output ;

Inflate Interface
       This section defines the interface available that allows in-memory uncompression using the
       deflate interface provided by zlib.

       Here is a definition of the interface:

       ($i, $status) = inflateInit()

       Initialises an inflation stream.

       In a list context it returns the inflation stream, $i, and the zlib status code in $sta-
       tus. In a scalar context it returns the inflation stream only.

       If successful, $i will hold the inflation stream and $status will be "Z_OK".

       If not successful, $i will be undef and $status will hold the zlib error code.

       The function optionally takes a number of named options specified as "-Name=>value" pairs.
       This allows individual options to be tailored without having to specify them all in the
       parameter list.

       For backward compatibility, it is also possible to pass the parameters as a reference to a
       hash containing the name=>value pairs.

       The function takes one optional parameter, a reference to a hash.  The contents of the
       hash allow the deflation interface to be tailored.

       Here is a list of the valid options:

       -WindowBits
            To uncompress an RFC 1950 data stream, set "WindowBits" to a positive number.

            To uncompress an RFC 1951 data stream, set "WindowBits" to "-MAX_WBITS".

            For a full definition of the meaning and valid values for "WindowBits" refer to the
            zlib documentation for inflateInit2.

            Defaults to MAX_WBITS.

       -Bufsize
            Sets the initial size for the inflation buffer. If the buffer has to be reallocated
            to increase the size, it will grow in increments of "Bufsize".

            Default is 4096.

       -Dictionary
            The default is no dictionary.

       Here is an example of using the "inflateInit" optional parameter to override the default
       buffer size.

           inflateInit( -Bufsize => 300 ) ;

       ($out, $status) = $i->inflate($buffer)

       Inflates the complete contents of $buffer. The buffer can either be a scalar or a scalar
       reference.

       Returns "Z_OK" if successful and "Z_STREAM_END" if the end of the compressed data has been
       successfully reached.  If not successful, $out will be undef and $status will hold the
       zlib error code.

       The $buffer parameter is modified by "inflate". On completion it will contain what remains
       of the input buffer after inflation. This means that $buffer will be an empty string when
       the return status is "Z_OK". When the return status is "Z_STREAM_END" the $buffer parame-
       ter will contains what (if anything) was stored in the input buffer after the deflated
       data stream.

       This feature is useful when processing a file format that encapsulates a  compressed data
       stream (e.g. gzip, zip).

       $status = $i->inflateSync($buffer)

       Scans $buffer until it reaches either a full flush point or the end of the buffer.

       If a full flush point is found, "Z_OK" is returned and $buffer will be have all data up to
       the flush point removed. This can then be passed to the "deflate" method.

       Any other return code means that a flush point was not found. If more data is available,
       "inflateSync" can be called repeatedly with more compressed data until the flush point is
       found.

       $i->dict_adler()

       Returns the adler32 value for the dictionary.

       $i->msg()

       Returns the last error message generated by zlib.

       $i->total_in()

       Returns the total number of bytes compressed bytes input to inflate.

       $i->total_out()

       Returns the total number of uncompressed bytes output from inflate.

       Example

       Here is an example of using "inflate".

           use strict ;
           use warnings ;

           use Compress::Zlib ;

           my $x = inflateInit()
              or die "Cannot create a inflation stream\n" ;

           my $input = '' ;
           binmode STDIN;
           binmode STDOUT;

           my ($output, $status) ;
           while (read(STDIN, $input, 4096))
           {
               ($output, $status) = $x->inflate(\$input) ;

               print $output
                   if $status == Z_OK or $status == Z_STREAM_END ;

               last if $status != Z_OK ;
           }

           die "inflation failed\n"
               unless $status == Z_STREAM_END ;

CHECKSUM FUNCTIONS
       Two functions are provided by zlib to calculate checksums. For the Perl interface, the
       order of the two parameters in both functions has been reversed. This allows both running
       checksums and one off calculations to be done.

           $crc = adler32($buffer [,$crc]) ;
           $crc = crc32($buffer [,$crc]) ;

       The buffer parameters can either be a scalar or a scalar reference.

       If the $crc parameters is "undef", the crc value will be reset.

       If you have built this module with zlib 1.2.3 or better, two more CRC-related functions
       are available.

           $crc = adler32_combine($crc1, $crc2, $len2)l
           $crc = crc32_combine($adler1, $adler2, $len2)

       These functions allow checksums to be merged.

Misc
       my $version = Compress::Zlib::zlib_version();

       Returns the version of the zlib library.

CONSTANTS
       All the zlib constants are automatically imported when you make use of Compress::Zlib.

SEE ALSO
       IO::Compress::Gzip, IO::Uncompress::Gunzip, IO::Compress::Deflate, IO::Uncom-
       press::Inflate, IO::Compress::RawDeflate, IO::Uncompress::RawInflate, IO::Compress::Bzip2,
       IO::Uncompress::Bunzip2, IO::Compress::Lzop, IO::Uncompress::UnLzop, IO::Compress::Lzf,
       IO::Uncompress::UnLzf, IO::Uncompress::AnyInflate, IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress

       Compress::Zlib::FAQ

       File::GlobMapper, Archive::Zip, Archive::Tar, IO::Zlib

       For RFC 1950, 1951 and 1952 see http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1950.html,
       http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1951.html and http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1952.html

       The zlib compression library was written by Jean-loup Gailly  and Mark
       Adler .

       The primary site for the zlib compression library is http://www.zlib.org.

       The primary site for gzip is http://www.gzip.org.

AUTHOR
       This module was written by Paul Marquess, .

MODIFICATION HISTORY
       See the Changes file.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
       Copyright (c) 1995-2009 Paul Marquess. All rights reserved.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.



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