zip_open(3)

1ZIP_OPEN(3)                Library Functions Manual                ZIP_OPEN(3)
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NAME

6       zip_open - open zip archive
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LIBRARY

9       libzip (-lzip)
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SYNOPSIS

12       #include <zip.h>
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14       struct zip * zip_open(const char *path, int flags, int *errorp);
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DESCRIPTION

17       The zip archive specified by path is opened and a pointer to a
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19       struct zip, used to manipulate the archive, is returned.  The are spec‐
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22              ZIP_CREATE     Create the archive if it does not exist.
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24              ZIP_EXCL       Error if archive already exists.
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26              ZIP_CHECKCONS  Perform additional consistency checks on the  ar‐
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29       If an error occurs and errorp is non-NULL, it will be set to the corre‐
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RETURN VALUES

33       Upon successful completion zip_open returns a
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ERRORS

39       The archive specified by path is opened unless:
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41              [ZIP_ER_EXISTS]
42                  The file specified by path exists and ZIP_EXCL is set.
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44              [ZIP_ER_INCONS]
45                  Inconsistencies were found in the file specified by path and
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55                  The file specified by path does not exist and ZIP_CREATE  is
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58              [ZIP_ER_NOZIP]
59                  The file specified by path is not a zip archive.
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61              [ZIP_ER_OPEN]
62                  The file specified by path could not be opened.
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65                  A read error occurred; see for details.
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AUTHORS

74       Dieter Baron <dillo@giga.or.at> and Thomas Klausner <tk@giga.or.at>
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78NiH                            February 15, 2009                   ZIP_OPEN(3)