[Rd] inflate zlib compressed data using base R or CRAN package?

[Dr Gregory Jefferis]

Hello,

I have a binary file type that includes a zlib compressed data block (ie 
not gzip). Is anyone aware of a way using base R or a CRAN package to 
decompress this kind of data (from disk or memory). So far I have found 
Rcompression::decompress on omegahat, but I would prefer to keep 
dependencies on CRAN (or bioconductor). I am also trying to avoid 
writing yet another C level interface to part of zlib.

Many thanks for any pointers,

Greg.

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Gregory Jefferis, PhD
Division of Neurobiology
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
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