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Update zlib_how.html to match the web page, and add a license.

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<title>zlib Usage Example</title> <title>zlib Usage Example</title>
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<h2 align="center"> zlib Usage Example </h2> <h2 align="center"> zlib Usage Example </h2>
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annotations are interspersed between lines of the code. So please read between the lines. annotations are interspersed between lines of the code. So please read between the lines.
We hope this helps explain some of the intricacies of <em>zlib</em>. We hope this helps explain some of the intricacies of <em>zlib</em>.
<p> <p>
Without further adieu, here is the program <a href="zpipe.c"><tt>zpipe.c</tt></a>: Without further ado, here is the program <a href="zpipe.c"><tt>zpipe.c</tt></a>:
<pre><b> <pre><b>
/* zpipe.c: example of proper use of zlib's inflate() and deflate() /* zpipe.c: example of proper use of zlib's inflate() and deflate()
Not copyrighted -- provided to the public domain Not copyrighted -- provided to the public domain
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</b></pre> </b></pre>
We start off by reading data from the input file. The number of bytes read is put directly We start off by reading data from the input file. The number of bytes read is put directly
into <tt>avail_in</tt>, and a pointer to those bytes is put into <tt>next_in</tt>. We also into <tt>avail_in</tt>, and a pointer to those bytes is put into <tt>next_in</tt>. We also
check to see if end-of-file on the input has been reached. If we are at the end of file, then <tt>flush</tt> is set to the check to see if end-of-file on the input has been reached using feof().
If we are at the end of file, then <tt>flush</tt> is set to the
<em>zlib</em> constant <tt>Z_FINISH</tt>, which is later passed to <tt>deflate()</tt> to <em>zlib</em> constant <tt>Z_FINISH</tt>, which is later passed to <tt>deflate()</tt> to
indicate that this is the last chunk of input data to compress. We need to use <tt>feof()</tt> indicate that this is the last chunk of input data to compress.
to check for end-of-file as opposed to seeing if fewer than <tt>CHUNK</tt> bytes have been read. The If we are not yet at the end of the input, then the <em>zlib</em>
reason is that if the input file length is an exact multiple of <tt>CHUNK</tt>, we will miss
the fact that we got to the end-of-file, and not know to tell <tt>deflate()</tt> to finish
up the compressed stream. If we are not yet at the end of the input, then the <em>zlib</em>
constant <tt>Z_NO_FLUSH</tt> will be passed to <tt>deflate</tt> to indicate that we are still constant <tt>Z_NO_FLUSH</tt> will be passed to <tt>deflate</tt> to indicate that we are still
in the middle of the uncompressed data. in the middle of the uncompressed data.
<p> <p>
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} }
</b></pre> </b></pre>
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