zip_open(3) - Linux man page
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.
- The file specified by path exists and ZIP_EXCL is set.
See Also
libzip(3), zip_close(3), zip_error_to_str(3)
Authors
Dieter Baron <dillo@giga.or.at> and Thomas Klausner <tk@giga.or.at>