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NAME

       zlib-flate - raw zlib compression program

SYNOPSIS

       qpdf -compress | -uncompress

DESCRIPTION

       The zlib-flate program is part of the qpdf package.

       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.

       This program should not be used as a general purpose compression  tool.
       Use something like gzip(1) instead.

       For  details about qpdf, please see the qpdf manual, which can be found
       in  /usr/share/doc/qpdf/qpdf-manual.html  or  /usr/share/doc/qpdf/qpdf-
       manual.pdf.