man zip_open (3): open zip archive

LIBRARY

libzip (-lzip)

#include <zip.h>

struct zip * zip_open(const char *path, int flags, int *errorp);

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.

Upon successful completion zip_open returns a

struct zip pointer. Otherwise, NULL is returned and *errorp is set to indicate the error.

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 errno for details.
[ZIP_ER_SEEK]: The file specified by path does not allow seeks.

Dieter Baron <[email protected]> and Thomas Klausner <[email protected]>