debian man page for zip_open

Query: zip_open

OS: debian

Section: 3

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ZIP_OPEN(3)						     Library Functions Manual						       ZIP_OPEN(3)

NAME
zip_open - open zip archive
LIBRARY
libzip (-lzip)
SYNOPSIS
#include <zip.h> struct zip * zip_open(const char *path, int flags, int *errorp);
DESCRIPTION
The zip archive specified by path is opened and a pointer to a struct zip, used to manipulate the archive, is returned. The are specified by or'ing the following values, or 0 for none of them. ZIP_CREATE Create the archive if it does not exist. ZIP_EXCL Error if archive already exists. ZIP_CHECKCONS Perform additional consistency checks on the archive, and error if they fail. If an error occurs and errorp is non-NULL, it will be set to the corresponding error code.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion zip_open returns a struct zip pointer. Otherwise, NULL is returned and *errorp is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The archive specified by path is opened unless: [ZIP_ER_EXISTS] The file specified by path exists and ZIP_EXCL is set. [ZIP_ER_INCONS] Inconsistencies were found in the file specified by path and ZIP_CHECKCONS was specified. [ZIP_ER_INVAL] The path argument is NULL. [ZIP_ER_MEMORY] Required memory could not be allocated. [ZIP_ER_NOENT] The file specified by path does not exist and ZIP_CREATE is not set. [ZIP_ER_NOZIP] The file specified by path is not a zip archive. [ZIP_ER_OPEN] The file specified by path could not be opened. [ZIP_ER_READ] A read error occurred; see for details. [ZIP_ER_SEEK] The file specified by path does not allow seeks.
SEE ALSO
libzip(3), zip_close(3), zip_error_to_str(3), zip_fdopen(3)
AUTHORS
Dieter Baron <dillo@giga.or.at> and Thomas Klausner <tk@giga.or.at> NiH February 15, 2009 ZIP_OPEN(3)
Related Man Pages
zip_fopen_index(3) - centos
zip_fdopen(3) - centos
zipcloak(1) - mojave
zip_fdopen(3) - debian
zipcloak(1) - centos
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