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-rw-r--r--gzgetc.337
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2a092b3..dc5a763 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ MAN += deflateTune.3
 MAN += gzbuffer.3
 MAN += gzfread.3
 MAN += gzfwrite.3
+MAN += gzgetc.3
 MAN += gzgets.3
 MAN += gzopen.3
 MAN += gzprintf.3
diff --git a/gzgetc.3 b/gzgetc.3
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f99de1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gzgetc.3
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+.Dd November 13, 2018
+.Dt GZGETC 3
+.Os
+.
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm gzgetc
+.Nd get character from compressed file
+.
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libz
+.
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In zlib.h
+.Ft int
+.Fn gzgetc "gzFile file"
+.
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+Reads one byte from the compressed file.
+This is implemented as a macro for speed.
+As such,
+it does not do all of the checking
+the other functions do.
+I.e.\&
+it does not check to see if
+.Fa file
+is
+.Dv NULL ,
+nor whether the structure
+.Fa file
+points to has been clobbered or not.
+.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+.Fn gzgetc
+returns the byte
+or -1 in case of
+end of file
+or error.