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.TH ZIP_SOURCE_FILEP 3 "July 20, 2005" NiH
.SH "NAME"
zip_source_filep \- create data source from FILE *
.SH "LIBRARY"
libzip (-lzip)
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.Ft struct zip_source *
.Fn zip_source_filep "struct zip *archive" "FILE *file" "off_t start" "off_t len"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
The function
.Fn zip_source_filep
creates a zip source from a file stream.
.Fn zip_source_filep
reads
\fBlen\fR
bytes from offset
\fBstart\fR
from the open file stream
\fBfile.\fR
If
\fBlen\fR
is 0 or \-1, the whole file (starting from
\fBstart )\fR
is used.
.SH "RETURN VALUES"
Upon successful completion, the created source is returned.
Otherwise,
\fBNULL\fR
is returned and the error code in
\fBarchive\fR
is set to indicate the error.
.SH "ERRORS"
.Fn zip_source_filep
fails if:
.RS
.TP 4
Bq Er ZIP_ER_INVAL
\fBfile,\fR
\fBstart,\fR
or
\fBlen\fR
are invalid.
.TP 4
Bq Er ZIP_ER_MEMORY
Required memory could not be allocated.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
libzip(3),
zip_add(3),
zip_replace(3),
zip_source_buffer(3),
zip_source_file(3),
zip_source_free(3),
zip_source_function(3),
zip_source_zip(3)
.SH "AUTHORS"

Dieter Baron <dillo@giga.or.at>
and
Thomas Klausner <tk@giga.or.at>