Re: gzip for compression

[Bob Proulx]

kishore sowdi wrote:
> I want to use gzip for my project development, wherein i am planning
> to use gzip for compression and decompression of HTML message
> exchanges.

Are you aware that HTTP may already optionally compress messages?

> I am using windows xp and planning to go ahead with the following steps:
> - Build the gzip source code on windows.
> - Plug / Link the gzip libraries to my project source code.
> - Use the API's exported by gzip for compressing and decompressing the HTTP 
> body.

Use the zlib compression library instead.

  http://www.zlib.net/

> So, Please point at the source code location and is my approach regarding 
> usage of gzip correct?

  http://www.gzip.org/

Bob