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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/zlib.n | 39 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 14 deletions
@@ -222,39 +222,54 @@ command works, see \fBSTREAMING INSTANCE COMMAND\fR below. The following modes are supported: .RS .TP -\fBzlib stream compress\fR ?\fIlevel\fR? +\fBzlib stream compress\fR ?\fB\-dictionary \fIbindata\fR? ?\fB\-level \fIlevel\fR? . The stream will be a compressing stream that produces zlib-format output, using compression level \fIlevel\fR (if specified) which will be an integer -from 0 to 9. +from 0 to 9, +.VS +and the compression dictionary \fIbindata\fR (if specified). +.VE .TP -\fBzlib stream decompress\fR +\fBzlib stream decompress\fR ?\fB\-dictionary \fIbindata\fR? . The stream will be a decompressing stream that takes zlib-format input and produces uncompressed output. +.VS +If \fIbindata\fR is supplied, it is a compression dictionary to use if +required. +.VE .TP -\fBzlib stream deflate\fR ?\fIlevel\fR? +\fBzlib stream deflate\fR ?\fB\-dictionary \fIbindata\fR? ?\fB\-level \fIlevel\fR? . The stream will be a compressing stream that produces raw output, using compression level \fIlevel\fR (if specified) which will be an integer from 0 -to 9. +to 9, +.VS +and the compression dictionary \fIbindata\fR (if specified). Note that +the raw compressed data includes no metadata about what compression +dictionary was used, if any; that is a feature of the zlib-format data. +.VE .TP -\fBzlib stream gunzip\fR +\fBzlib stream gunzip\fR ?\fIlevel\fR? . The stream will be a decompressing stream that takes gzip-format input and produces uncompressed output. .TP -\fBzlib stream gzip\fR ?\fIlevel\fR? +\fBzlib stream gzip\fR ?\fB\-header \fIheader\fR? ?\fB\-level \fIlevel\fR? . The stream will be a compressing stream that produces gzip-format output, using compression level \fIlevel\fR (if specified) which will be an integer -from 0 to 9. +from 0 to 9, and the header descriptor dictionary \fIheader\fR (if specified; +for keys see \fBzlib gzip\fR). '\" TODO: Header dictionary! .TP -\fBzlib stream inflate\fR +\fBzlib stream inflate\fR ?\fB\-dictionary \fIbindata\fR? . The stream will be a decompressing stream that takes raw compressed input and -produces uncompressed output. +produces uncompressed output. If \fIbindata\fR is supplied, it is a +compression dictionary to use. Note that there are no checks in place +to determine whether the compression dictionary is correct. .RE .SS "CHECKSUMMING SUBCOMMANDS" .TP @@ -333,10 +348,6 @@ supported (or an unambiguous prefix of them), which are used to modify the way in which the transformation is applied: .RS .TP -\fB\-buffer\fI bufferSize\fR -. -\fITODO: document this\fR -.TP \fB\-dictionary\fI compressionDictionary\fR .VS "TIP 400" Sets a compression dictionary to use when working with compressing or |