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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: zlib.n,v 1.3 2008/12/13 09:19:06 dkf Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: zlib.n,v 1.4 2008/12/13 17:36:34 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH zlib n 8.6 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -130,7 +130,43 @@ is to be used to receive the data. .TP \fBzlib push\fI mode channel\fR ?\fIoptions ...\fR . +Pushes a compressing or decompressing transformation onto the channel +\fIchannel\fR. The \fImode\fR argument determines what type of transformation +is pushed; the following are supported: +.RS +.TP +\fBcompress\fR +. +The transformation will be a compressing transformation that produces +zlib-format data on \fIchannel\fR, which must be writable. +.TP +\fBdecompress\fR +. +The transformation will be a decompressing transformation that reads +zlib-format data from \fIchannel\R, which must be readable. +.TP +\fBdeflate\fR +. +The transformation will be a compressing transformation that produces raw +compressed data on \fIchannel\fR, which must be writable. +.TP +\fBgunzip\fR +. +The transformation will be a decompressing transformation that reads +gzip-format data from \fIchannel\R, which must be readable. +.TP +\fBgzip\fR +. +The transformation will be a compressing transformation that produces +gzip-format data on \fIchannel\fR, which must be writable. +.TP +\fBinflate\fR +. +The transformation will be a decompressing transformation that reads raw +compressed data from \fIchannel\R, which must be readable. +.PP \fITODO: not yet implemented!\fR +.RE .TP \fBzlib stream\fI mode\fR ?\fIlevel\fR? . @@ -302,7 +338,7 @@ set compData [$\fIstrm \fBget\fR] $\fIstrm \fBclose\fR .CE .SH "SEE ALSO" -binary(n), chan(n), encoding(n) +binary(n), chan(n), encoding(n), Tcl_ZlibDeflate(3) .br RFC1950 \- RFC1952 .SH "KEYWORDS" |