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+This directory contains examples of the use of zlib and other relevant
+programs and documentation.
+
+enough.c
+    calculation and justification of ENOUGH parameter in inftrees.h
+    - calculates the maximum table space used in inflate tree
+      construction over all possible Huffman codes
+
+fitblk.c
+    compress just enough input to nearly fill a requested output size
+    - zlib isn't designed to do this, but fitblk does it anyway
+
+gun.c
+    uncompress a gzip file
+    - illustrates the use of inflateBack() for high speed file-to-file
+      decompression using call-back functions
+    - is approximately twice as fast as gzip -d
+    - also provides Unix uncompress functionality, again twice as fast
+
+gzappend.c
+    append to a gzip file
+    - illustrates the use of the Z_BLOCK flush parameter for inflate()
+    - illustrates the use of deflatePrime() to start at any bit
+
+gzjoin.c
+    join gzip files without recalculating the crc or recompressing
+    - illustrates the use of the Z_BLOCK flush parameter for inflate()
+    - illustrates the use of crc32_combine()
+
+gzlog.c
+gzlog.h
+    efficiently and robustly maintain a message log file in gzip format
+    - illustrates use of raw deflate, Z_PARTIAL_FLUSH, deflatePrime(),
+      and deflateSetDictionary()
+    - illustrates use of a gzip header extra field
+
+zlib_how.html
+    painfully comprehensive description of zpipe.c (see below)
+    - describes in excruciating detail the use of deflate() and inflate()
+
+zpipe.c
+    reads and writes zlib streams from stdin to stdout
+    - illustrates the proper use of deflate() and inflate()
+    - deeply commented in zlib_how.html (see above)
+
+zran.c
+    index a zlib or gzip stream and randomly access it
+    - illustrates the use of Z_BLOCK, inflatePrime(), and
+      inflateSetDictionary() to provide random access