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diff --git a/deflatePrime.3 b/deflatePrime.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..10a2924b --- /dev/null +++ b/deflatePrime.3 @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +.Dd January 15, 2017 +.Dt DEFLATEPRIME 3 +.Os +. +.Sh NAME +.Nm deflatePrime +.Nd insert bits in deflate stream +. +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libz +. +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In zlib.h +.Ft int +.Fn deflatePrime "z_streamp strm" "int bits" "int value" +. +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Fn deflatePrime +inserts bits in the deflate output stream. +The intent is that this function +is used to start off the deflate output +with the bits leftover +from a previous deflate stream +when appending to it. +As such, +this function can only be used for raw deflate, +and must be used before the first +.Xr deflate 3 +call +after a +.Xr deflateInit2 3 +or +.Xr deflateReset 3 . +.Fa bits +must be less than or equal to 16, +and that many of the least significant bits of +.Fa value +will be inserted in the output. +. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +.Fn deflatePrime +returns +.Dv Z_OK +if success, +.Dv Z_BUF_ERROR +if there was not enough room +in the internal buffer +to insert the bits, +or +.Dv Z_STREAM_ERROR +if the source stream state was inconsistent. +. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr deflateInit2 3 +. +.Sh HISTORY +This manual page was converted from +.In zlib.h +to mdoc format by +.An June McEnroe Aq Mt june@causal.agency . +. +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Jean-loup Gailly Aq Mt jloup@gzip.org +.An Mark Adler Aq Mt madler@alumni.caltech.edu |