From a3e8a3d6c00072a14a681d3bd93908d452a91ab8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: June McEnroe Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 21:40:50 -0500 Subject: Convert zlib.h comments to mdoc --- gzflush.3 | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+) create mode 100644 gzflush.3 (limited to 'gzflush.3') diff --git a/gzflush.3 b/gzflush.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..476f7c09 --- /dev/null +++ b/gzflush.3 @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +.Dd January 15, 2017 +.Dt GZFLUSH 3 +.Os +. +.Sh NAME +.Nm gzflush +.Nd flush output to compressed file +. +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libz +. +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In zlib.h +.Ft int +.Fn gzflush "gzFile file" "int flush" +. +.Sh DESCRIPTION +Flushes all pending output +into the compressed file. +The parameter +.Fa flush +is as in the +.Xr deflate 3 +function. +.Fn gzflush +is only permitted when writing. +. +.Pp +If the +.Fa flush +parameter is +.Dv Z_FINISH , +the remaining data is written +and the gzip stream +is completed in the output. +If +.Xr gzwrite 3 +is called again, +a new gzip stream +will be started in the output. +.Xr gzread 3 +is able to read +such concatenated gzip streams. +. +.Pp +.Fn gzflush +should be called only when strictly necessary +because it will degrade compression +if called too often. +. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The return value +is the zlib error number +.Po +see function +.Xr gzerror 3 +.Pc . +. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr deflate 3 , +.Xr gzerror 3 , +.Xr gzread 3 , +.Xr gzwrite 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 -- cgit 1.4.1