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.TH ZLIB-FLATE "1" "April 2008" "zlib-flate from qpdf version @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
zlib-flate \- raw zlib compression program
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B qpdf
\fI-compress | -uncompress\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
The zlib-flate program is part of the qpdf package.
.PP
The zlib-flate program standard from input and writes to standard
output either compressing or compressing its input using raw zlib
compression.  This program is provided primarily as a debugging tool.
It can be used to uncompress or compress raw PDF streams.
.PP
This program should not be used as a general purpose compression
tool.  Use something like gzip(1) instead.
.PP
For details about qpdf, please see the qpdf manual, which can be found
in @docdir@/qpdf-manual.html or @docdir@/qpdf-manual.pdf.