+ gzwrite returns the number of uncompressed bytes written or 0 in case of
+ error.
+*/
+
+ZEXTERN z_size_t ZEXPORT gzfwrite OF((voidpc buf, z_size_t size,
+ z_size_t nitems, gzFile file));
+/*
+ gzfwrite() writes nitems items of size size from buf to file, duplicating
+ the interface of stdio's fwrite(), with size_t request and return types. If
+ the library defines size_t, then z_size_t is identical to size_t. If not,
+ then z_size_t is an unsigned integer type that can contain a pointer.
+
+ gzfwrite() returns the number of full items written of size size, or zero
+ if there was an error. If the multiplication of size and nitems overflows,
+ i.e. the product does not fit in a z_size_t, then nothing is written, zero
+ is returned, and the error state is set to Z_STREAM_ERROR.
+*/
+
+ZEXTERN int ZEXPORTVA gzprintf Z_ARG((gzFile file, const char *format, ...));
+/*
+ Converts, formats, and writes the arguments to the compressed file under
+ control of the format string, as in fprintf. gzprintf returns the number of
+ uncompressed bytes actually written, or a negative zlib error code in case
+ of error. The number of uncompressed bytes written is limited to 8191, or
+ one less than the buffer size given to gzbuffer(). The caller should assure
+ that this limit is not exceeded. If it is exceeded, then gzprintf() will
+ return an error (0) with nothing written. In this case, there may also be a
+ buffer overflow with unpredictable consequences, which is possible only if
+ zlib was compiled with the insecure functions sprintf() or vsprintf()
+ because the secure snprintf() or vsnprintf() functions were not available.
+ This can be determined using zlibCompileFlags().
+*/
+
+ZEXTERN int ZEXPORT gzputs OF((gzFile file, const char *s));
+/*
+ Writes the given null-terminated string to the compressed file, excluding
+ the terminating null character.
+
+ gzputs returns the number of characters written, or -1 in case of error.
+*/
+
+ZEXTERN char * ZEXPORT gzgets OF((gzFile file, char *buf, int len));
+/*
+ Reads bytes from the compressed file until len-1 characters are read, or a
+ newline character is read and transferred to buf, or an end-of-file
+ condition is encountered. If any characters are read or if len == 1, the
+ string is terminated with a null character. If no characters are read due
+ to an end-of-file or len < 1, then the buffer is left untouched.
+
+ gzgets returns buf which is a null-terminated string, or it returns NULL
+ for end-of-file or in case of error. If there was an error, the contents at
+ buf are indeterminate.
+*/
+
+ZEXTERN int ZEXPORT gzputc OF((gzFile file, int c));
+/*
+ Writes c, converted to an unsigned char, into the compressed file. gzputc
+ returns the value that was written, or -1 in case of error.
+*/
+
+ZEXTERN int ZEXPORT gzgetc OF((gzFile file));
+/*
+ Reads one byte from the compressed file. gzgetc returns this byte or -1
+ in case of end of file or error. This is implemented as a macro for speed.
+ As such, it does not do all of the checking the other functions do. I.e.
+ it does not check to see if file is NULL, nor whether the structure file
+ points to has been clobbered or not.
+*/
+
+ZEXTERN int ZEXPORT gzungetc OF((int c, gzFile file));
+/*
+ Push one character back onto the stream to be read as the first character
+ on the next read. At least one character of push-back is allowed.
+ gzungetc() returns the character pushed, or -1 on failure. gzungetc() will
+ fail if c is -1, and may fail if a character has been pushed but not read
+ yet. If gzungetc is used immediately after gzopen or gzdopen, at least the
+ output buffer size of pushed characters is allowed. (See gzbuffer above.)
+ The pushed character will be discarded if the stream is repositioned with
+ gzseek() or gzrewind().
+*/
+
+ZEXTERN int ZEXPORT gzflush OF((gzFile file, int flush));
+/*
+ Flushes all pending output into the compressed file. The parameter flush
+ is as in the deflate() function. The return value is the zlib error number
+ (see function gzerror below). gzflush is only permitted when writing.
+
+ If the flush parameter is Z_FINISH, the remaining data is written and the
+ gzip stream is completed in the output. If gzwrite() is called again, a new
+ gzip stream will be started in the output. gzread() is able to read such
+ concatenated gzip streams.
+
+ gzflush should be called only when strictly necessary because it will
+ degrade compression if called too often.
+*/
+
+/*
+ZEXTERN z_off_t ZEXPORT gzseek OF((gzFile file,
+ z_off_t offset, int whence));
+
+ Sets the starting position for the next gzread or gzwrite on the given
+ compressed file. The offset represents a number of bytes in the
+ uncompressed data stream. The whence parameter is defined as in lseek(2);
+ the value SEEK_END is not supported.
+
+ If the file is opened for reading, this function is emulated but can be
+ extremely slow. If the file is opened for writing, only forward seeks are
+ supported; gzseek then compresses a sequence of zeroes up to the new
+ starting position.
+
+ gzseek returns the resulting offset location as measured in bytes from
+ the beginning of the uncompressed stream, or -1 in case of error, in
+ particular if the file is opened for writing and the new starting position
+ would be before the current position.
+*/
+
+ZEXTERN int ZEXPORT gzrewind OF((gzFile file));
+/*
+ Rewinds the given file. This function is supported only for reading.
+
+ gzrewind(file) is equivalent to (int)gzseek(file, 0L, SEEK_SET)
+*/
+
+/*
+ZEXTERN z_off_t ZEXPORT gztell OF((gzFile file));
+
+ Returns the starting position for the next gzread or gzwrite on the given
+ compressed file. This position represents a number of bytes in the
+ uncompressed data stream, and is zero when starting, even if appending or
+ reading a gzip stream from the middle of a file using gzdopen().
+
+ gztell(file) is equivalent to gzseek(file, 0L, SEEK_CUR)
+*/
+
+/*
+ZEXTERN z_off_t ZEXPORT gzoffset OF((gzFile file));
+
+ Returns the current offset in the file being read or written. This offset
+ includes the count of bytes that precede the gzip stream, for example when
+ appending or when using gzdopen() for reading. When reading, the offset
+ does not include as yet unused buffered input. This information can be used
+ for a progress indicator. On error, gzoffset() returns -1.
+*/
+
+ZEXTERN int ZEXPORT gzeof OF((gzFile file));
+/*
+ Returns true (1) if the end-of-file indicator has been set while reading,
+ false (0) otherwise. Note that the end-of-file indicator is set only if the
+ read tried to go past the end of the input, but came up short. Therefore,
+ just like feof(), gzeof() may return false even if there is no more data to
+ read, in the event that the last read request was for the exact number of
+ bytes remaining in the input file. This will happen if the input file size
+ is an exact multiple of the buffer size.
+
+ If gzeof() returns true, then the read functions will return no more data,
+ unless the end-of-file indicator is reset by gzclearerr() and the input file
+ has grown since the previous end of file was detected.
+*/
+
+ZEXTERN int ZEXPORT gzdirect OF((gzFile file));
+/*
+ Returns true (1) if file is being copied directly while reading, or false
+ (0) if file is a gzip stream being decompressed.
+
+ If the input file is empty, gzdirect() will return true, since the input
+ does not contain a gzip stream.
+
+ If gzdirect() is used immediately after gzopen() or gzdopen() it will
+ cause buffers to be allocated to allow reading the file to determine if it
+ is a gzip file. Therefore if gzbuffer() is used, it should be called before
+ gzdirect().
+
+ When writing, gzdirect() returns true (1) if transparent writing was
+ requested ("wT" for the gzopen() mode), or false (0) otherwise. (Note:
+ gzdirect() is not needed when writing. Transparent writing must be
+ explicitly requested, so the application already knows the answer. When
+ linking statically, using gzdirect() will include all of the zlib code for
+ gzip file reading and decompression, which may not be desired.)
+*/
+
+ZEXTERN int ZEXPORT gzclose OF((gzFile file));
+/*
+ Flushes all pending output if necessary, closes the compressed file and
+ deallocates the (de)compression state. Note that once file is closed, you
+ cannot call gzerror with file, since its structures have been deallocated.
+ gzclose must not be called more than once on the same file, just as free
+ must not be called more than once on the same allocation.
+
+ gzclose will return Z_STREAM_ERROR if file is not valid, Z_ERRNO on a
+ file operation error, Z_MEM_ERROR if out of memory, Z_BUF_ERROR if the
+ last read ended in the middle of a gzip stream, or Z_OK on success.