cvs: phpdoc /en/functions zlib.xml

hholzgra Fri Oct 13 05:59:27 2000 EDT Modified files: /phpdoc/en/functions zlib.xml Log: added a note about the experimental 'zlib:' fopen wrapper Index: phpdoc/en/functions/zlib.xml diff -u phpdoc/en/functions/zlib.xml:1.8 phpdoc/en/functions/zlib.xml:1.9 --- phpdoc/en/functions/zlib.xml:1.8 Thu Sep 14 16:51:07 2000 +++ phpdoc/en/functions/zlib.xml Fri Oct 13 05:59:27 2000 @@ -14,6 +14,21 @@ with gzip-compressed files (and uncompressed files, too, but not with sockets). </para> + <note> + <para> + The current CVS version 4.0.4-dev introduces a fopen-wrapper + for .gz-files, so that you can use a special 'zlib:' URL to + access compressed files transparently using the normal + f*() file access functions if you prepend the filename or path + with a 'zlib:' prefix when calling <function>fopen</function>. + </para> + <para> + This feature requires a C runtime library that provides the + <literal>fopencookie()</literal> function. To my current + knowledge the GNU libc is the only library that provides + this feature. + </para> + </note> <sect1 id="zlib-example"> <title>Small code example</title>