- From: Kent Vander Velden <graphix@iastate.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 12:44:50 -0600
- To: Henrik Frystyk Nielsen <frystyk@w3.org>
- CC: Kent Vander Velden <graphix@toybox.cc.iastate.edu>, www-lib@w3.org
> libwww uses the "deflate" / "inflate" functions of the zlib library APIs. > These are at the algorithmic level identical to the gzip functions but the > latter also contains some file information such as file name, mode, etc. > Therefore, it is not immediately possible to use libwww on gz files. > > However, there is a small program in > > http://www.w3.org/config/deflate.c > > that can be used to generate a raw "deflate" file that libwww can use. I have done some initial work to extend libwww to decompress gziped files on the fly from the web server. Are others interested in this?
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