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+.\" $NiH: zip_error_to_str.mdoc,v 1.2 2004/11/17 22:26:09 wiz Exp $
+.\"
+.\" zip_error_to_str.mdoc -- get string representation of zip error code
+.\" Copyright (C) 2003 Dieter Baron and Thomas Klausner
+.\"
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+.Dd November 24, 2004
+.Dt ZIP_ERROR_STR 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm zip_error_to_str
+.Nd get string representation of zip error
+.Sh LIBRARY
+libzip (-lzip)
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In zip.h
+.Ft int
+.Fn zip_error_to_str "char *buf" "int len" "int ze" "int se"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn zip_error_to_str
+function stores a string describing the zip error code
+.Ar ze
+in the user-provided buffer
+.Ar buf
+which has size
+.Ar len .
+.Ar se
+should be the value of the global variable
+.Ar errno
+at the time of the error.
+.Fn zip_error_to_str
+is especially useful if
+.Fn zip_open
+failed and no
+.Vt struct zip
+is available; otherwise
+.Fn zip_strerror
+should be used.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+.Fn zip_error_to_str
+returns the number of characters that would have been written to a
+sufficiently sized
+.Ar buf ,
+excluding the terminating NUL character.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr zip_open 3 ,
+.Xr zip_strerror 3