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diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..8a40443ea9862 --- /dev/null +++ b/examples/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +Zstandard library : usage examples +================================== + +- [Simple compression](simple_compression.c) : + Compress a single file. + Introduces usage of : `ZSTD_compress()` + +- [Simple decompression](simple_decompression.c) : + Decompress a single file. + Only compatible with simple compression. + Result remains in memory. + Introduces usage of : `ZSTD_decompress()` + +- [Streaming compression](streaming_compression.c) : + Compress a single file. + Introduces usage of : `ZSTD_compressStream()` + +- [Multiple Streaming compression](multiple_streaming_compression.c) : + Compress multiple files in a single command line. + Introduces memory usage preservation technique, + reducing impact of malloc()/free() and memset() by re-using existing resources. + +- [Streaming decompression](streaming_decompression.c) : + Decompress a single file compressed by zstd. + Compatible with both simple and streaming compression. + Result is sent to stdout. + Introduces usage of : `ZSTD_decompressStream()` + +- [Dictionary compression](dictionary_compression.c) : + Compress multiple files using the same dictionary. + Introduces usage of : `ZSTD_createCDict()` and `ZSTD_compress_usingCDict()` + +- [Dictionary decompression](dictionary_decompression.c) : + Decompress multiple files using the same dictionary. + Result remains in memory. + Introduces usage of : `ZSTD_createDDict()` and `ZSTD_decompress_usingDDict()` |