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|  | <td class="head-ltitle">ZIP_OPEN(3)</td> | 
|  | <td class="head-vol">Library Functions Manual</td> | 
|  | <td class="head-rtitle">ZIP_OPEN(3)</td> | 
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|  | </table> | 
|  | <div class="manual-text"> | 
|  | <section class="Sh"> | 
|  | <h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1> | 
|  | <code class="Nm">zip_open</code>, <code class="Nm">zip_open_from_source</code> | 
|  | — | 
|  | <div class="Nd">open zip archive</div> | 
|  | </section> | 
|  | <section class="Sh"> | 
|  | <h1 class="Sh" id="LIBRARY"><a class="permalink" href="#LIBRARY">LIBRARY</a></h1> | 
|  | libzip (-lzip) | 
|  | </section> | 
|  | <section class="Sh"> | 
|  | <h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1> | 
|  | <code class="In">#include <<a class="In">zip.h</a>></code> | 
|  | <p class="Pp"><var class="Ft">zip_t *</var> | 
|  | <br/> | 
|  | <code class="Fn">zip_open</code>(<var class="Fa" style="white-space: nowrap;">const | 
|  | char *path</var>, <var class="Fa" style="white-space: nowrap;">int | 
|  | flags</var>, <var class="Fa" style="white-space: nowrap;">int | 
|  | *errorp</var>);</p> | 
|  | <p class="Pp"><var class="Ft">zip_t *</var> | 
|  | <br/> | 
|  | <code class="Fn">zip_open_from_source</code>(<var class="Fa" style="white-space: nowrap;">zip_source_t | 
|  | *zs</var>, <var class="Fa" style="white-space: nowrap;">int flags</var>, | 
|  | <var class="Fa" style="white-space: nowrap;">zip_error_t *ze</var>);</p> | 
|  | </section> | 
|  | <section class="Sh"> | 
|  | <h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> | 
|  | The <code class="Fn">zip_open</code>() function opens the zip archive specified | 
|  | by <var class="Ar">path</var> and returns a pointer to a | 
|  | <var class="Ft">struct zip</var>, used to manipulate the archive. The | 
|  | <var class="Fa">flags</var> are specified by | 
|  | <i class="Em">or</i><span class="No">'ing</span> the following values, or 0 | 
|  | for none of them. | 
|  | <div class="Bd-indent"> | 
|  | <dl class="Bl-tag"> | 
|  | <dt><a class="permalink" href="#ZIP_CHECKCONS"><code class="Dv" id="ZIP_CHECKCONS">ZIP_CHECKCONS</code></a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>Perform additional stricter consistency checks on the archive, and error | 
|  | if they fail.</dd> | 
|  | <dt><a class="permalink" href="#ZIP_CREATE"><code class="Dv" id="ZIP_CREATE">ZIP_CREATE</code></a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>Create the archive if it does not exist.</dd> | 
|  | <dt><a class="permalink" href="#ZIP_EXCL"><code class="Dv" id="ZIP_EXCL">ZIP_EXCL</code></a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>Error if archive already exists.</dd> | 
|  | <dt><a class="permalink" href="#ZIP_TRUNCATE"><code class="Dv" id="ZIP_TRUNCATE">ZIP_TRUNCATE</code></a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>If archive exists, ignore its current contents. In other words, handle it | 
|  | the same way as an empty archive.</dd> | 
|  | <dt><a class="permalink" href="#ZIP_RDONLY"><code class="Dv" id="ZIP_RDONLY">ZIP_RDONLY</code></a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>Open archive in read-only mode.</dd> | 
|  | </dl> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | <p class="Pp">If an error occurs and <var class="Ar">errorp</var> is | 
|  | non-<code class="Dv">NULL</code>, it will be set to the corresponding error | 
|  | code.</p> | 
|  | <p class="Pp">The <code class="Fn">zip_open_from_source</code>() function opens | 
|  | a zip archive encapsulated by the zip_source <var class="Fa">zs</var> using | 
|  | the provided <var class="Fa">flags</var>. In case of error, the zip_error | 
|  | <var class="Fa">ze</var> is filled in.</p> | 
|  | </section> | 
|  | <section class="Sh"> | 
|  | <h1 class="Sh" id="RETURN_VALUES"><a class="permalink" href="#RETURN_VALUES">RETURN | 
|  | VALUES</a></h1> | 
|  | Upon successful completion <code class="Fn">zip_open</code>() and | 
|  | <code class="Fn">zip_open_from_source</code>() return a <var class="Ft">struct | 
|  | zip</var> pointer. Otherwise, <code class="Dv">NULL</code> is returned and | 
|  | <code class="Fn">zip_open</code>() sets <var class="Ar">*errorp</var> to | 
|  | indicate the error, while | 
|  | <code class="Fn">zip_open_from</code>(<var class="Fa">source</var>) sets | 
|  | <var class="Ar">ze</var> to indicate the error. | 
|  | </section> | 
|  | <section class="Sh"> | 
|  | <h1 class="Sh" id="ERRORS"><a class="permalink" href="#ERRORS">ERRORS</a></h1> | 
|  | The archive specified by <var class="Ar">path</var> is opened unless: | 
|  | <dl class="Bl-tag"> | 
|  | <dt>[<a class="permalink" href="#ZIP_ER_EXISTS"><code class="Er" id="ZIP_ER_EXISTS">ZIP_ER_EXISTS</code></a>]</dt> | 
|  | <dd>The file specified by <var class="Ar">path</var> exists and | 
|  | <code class="Dv">ZIP_EXCL</code> is set.</dd> | 
|  | <dt>[<a class="permalink" href="#ZIP_ER_INCONS"><code class="Er" id="ZIP_ER_INCONS">ZIP_ER_INCONS</code></a>]</dt> | 
|  | <dd>Inconsistencies were found in the file specified by | 
|  | <var class="Ar">path</var>. This error is often caused by specifying | 
|  | <code class="Dv">ZIP_CHECKCONS</code> but can also happen without it.</dd> | 
|  | <dt>[<a class="permalink" href="#ZIP_ER_INVAL"><code class="Er" id="ZIP_ER_INVAL">ZIP_ER_INVAL</code></a>]</dt> | 
|  | <dd>The <var class="Ar">path</var> argument is | 
|  | <code class="Dv">NULL</code>.</dd> | 
|  | <dt>[<a class="permalink" href="#ZIP_ER_MEMORY"><code class="Er" id="ZIP_ER_MEMORY">ZIP_ER_MEMORY</code></a>]</dt> | 
|  | <dd>Required memory could not be allocated.</dd> | 
|  | <dt>[<a class="permalink" href="#ZIP_ER_NOENT"><code class="Er" id="ZIP_ER_NOENT">ZIP_ER_NOENT</code></a>]</dt> | 
|  | <dd>The file specified by <var class="Ar">path</var> does not exist and | 
|  | <code class="Dv">ZIP_CREATE</code> is not set.</dd> | 
|  | <dt>[<a class="permalink" href="#ZIP_ER_NOZIP"><code class="Er" id="ZIP_ER_NOZIP">ZIP_ER_NOZIP</code></a>]</dt> | 
|  | <dd>The file specified by <var class="Ar">path</var> is not a zip | 
|  | archive.</dd> | 
|  | <dt>[<a class="permalink" href="#ZIP_ER_OPEN"><code class="Er" id="ZIP_ER_OPEN">ZIP_ER_OPEN</code></a>]</dt> | 
|  | <dd>The file specified by <var class="Ar">path</var> could not be opened.</dd> | 
|  | <dt>[<a class="permalink" href="#ZIP_ER_READ"><code class="Er" id="ZIP_ER_READ">ZIP_ER_READ</code></a>]</dt> | 
|  | <dd>A read error occurred; see <var class="Va">errno</var> for details.</dd> | 
|  | <dt>[<a class="permalink" href="#ZIP_ER_SEEK"><code class="Er" id="ZIP_ER_SEEK">ZIP_ER_SEEK</code></a>]</dt> | 
|  | <dd>The file specified by <var class="Ar">path</var> does not allow | 
|  | seeks.</dd> | 
|  | </dl> | 
|  | </section> | 
|  | <section class="Sh"> | 
|  | <h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE | 
|  | ALSO</a></h1> | 
|  | <a class="Xr" href="libzip.html">libzip(3)</a>, | 
|  | <a class="Xr" href="zip_close.html">zip_close(3)</a>, | 
|  | <a class="Xr" href="zip_error_strerror.html">zip_error_strerror(3)</a>, | 
|  | <a class="Xr" href="zip_fdopen.html">zip_fdopen(3)</a> | 
|  | </section> | 
|  | <section class="Sh"> | 
|  | <h1 class="Sh" id="HISTORY"><a class="permalink" href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></h1> | 
|  | <code class="Fn">zip_open</code>() and | 
|  | <code class="Fn">zip_open_from_source</code>() were added in libzip 1.0. | 
|  | </section> | 
|  | <section class="Sh"> | 
|  | <h1 class="Sh" id="AUTHORS"><a class="permalink" href="#AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></h1> | 
|  | <span class="An">Dieter Baron</span> | 
|  | <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:dillo@nih.at">dillo@nih.at</a>> and | 
|  | <span class="An">Thomas Klausner</span> | 
|  | <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:tk@giga.or.at">tk@giga.or.at</a>> | 
|  | </section> | 
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|  | <td class="foot-date">December 18, 2017</td> | 
|  | <td class="foot-os">NiH</td> | 
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