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diff --git a/deflateSetDictionary.3 b/deflateSetDictionary.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c2c9d7c --- /dev/null +++ b/deflateSetDictionary.3 @@ -0,0 +1,142 @@ +.Dd January 15, 2017 +.Dt DEFLATESETDICTIONARY 3 +.Os +. +.Sh NAME +.Nm deflateSetDictionary +.Nd initialize compression dictionary +. +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libz +. +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In zlib.h +.Ft int +.Fo deflateSetDictionary +.Fa "z_streamp strm" +.Fa "const Bytef *dictionary" +.Fa "uInt dictLength" +.Fc +. +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Fn deflateSetDictionary +initializes the compression dictionary +from the given byte sequence +without producing any compressed output. +When using the zlib format, +this function must be called immediately after +.Xr deflateInit 3 , +.Xr deflateInit2 3 , +or +.Xr deflateReset 3 , +and before any call of +.Xr deflate 3 . +When doing raw deflate, +this function must be called +either before any call of +.Xr deflate 3 , +or immediately after the completion of a deflate block, +i.e. after all input has been consumed +and all output has been delivered +when using any of the flush options +.Dv Z_BLOCK , +.Dv Z_PARTIAL_FLUSH , +.Dv Z_SYNC_FLUSH , +or +.Dv Z_FULL_FLUSH . +The compressor and decompressor +must use exactly the same dictionary +.Po +see +.Xr inflateSetDictionary 3 +.Pc . +. +.Pp +The dictionary should consist of strings +(byte sequences) +that are likely to be encountered later +in the data to be compressed, +with the most commonly used strings +preferably put towards the end of the dictionary. +Using a dictionary is most useful +when the data to be compressed is short +and can be predicted with good accuracy; +the data can then be compressed better than +with the default empty dictionary. +. +.Pp +Depending on the size of +the compression data structures selected by +.Xr deflateInit 3 +or +.Xr deflateInit2 3 , +a part of the dictionary may in effect be discarded, +for example if the dictionary is larger +than the window size provided in +.Xr deflateInit 3 +or +.Xr deflateInit2 3 . +Thus the strings most likely to be useful +should be put at the end of the dictionary, +not at the front. +In addition, +the current implementation of deflate +will use at most the window size minus 262 bytes +of the provided dictionary. +. +.Pp +Upon return of this function, +.Fa strm->adler +is set to the Adler-32 value +of the dictionary; +the decompressor may later use this value +to determine which dictionary has been used +by the compressor. +(The Adler-32 value applies to the whole dictionary +even if only a subset of the dictionary +is actually used by the compressor.) +If a raw deflate was requested, +then the Adler-32 value is not computed and +.Fa strm->adler +is not set. +. +.Pp +.Fn deflateSetDictionary +does not perform any compression: +this will be done by +.Xr deflate 3 . +. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +.Fn deflateSetDictionary +returns +.Dv Z_OK +if success, +or +.Dv Z_STREAM_ERROR +if a parameter is invalid +.Po +e.g. dictionary being +.Dv Z_NULL +.Pc +or the stream state is inconsistent +.Po +for example if +.Xr deflate 3 +has already been called for this stream +or if not at a block boundary +for raw deflate +.Pc . +. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr deflateGetDictionary 3 , +.Xr inflateSetDictionary 3 +. +.Sh HISTORY +This manual page was converted from +.In zlib.h +to mdoc format by +.An C. 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 |