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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.

Create the archive if it does not exist.
Error if archive already exists.
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>

February 15, 2009 NiH