| Dieter Baron | 2188f10 | 2005-06-09 20:37:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | This is libzip, a C library for reading, creating, and modifying zip |
| 2 | archives. Files can be added from data buffers, files, or compressed |
| 3 | data copied directly from other zip archives. Changes made without |
| 4 | closing the archive can be reverted. The API is documented by man |
| 5 | pages. |
| Thomas Klausner | 8026a25 | 2005-06-09 17:23:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | |
| Dieter Baron | 2188f10 | 2005-06-09 20:37:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | For more information, take a look at the included man pages. You |
| 8 | can start with libzip(3), which lists all others. Example source code |
| 9 | is in the src/ subdirectory. |
| Thomas Klausner | 8026a25 | 2005-06-09 17:23:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | |
| Thomas Klausner | 98b8296 | 2012-10-06 12:44:00 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | If you have developed an application using libzip, you can find out |
| 12 | about API changes and how to adapt your code for them in the included |
| 13 | file API-CHANGES. |
| 14 | |
| Thomas Klausner | 8026a25 | 2005-06-09 17:23:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | For generic installation instructions, see file `INSTALL'. |
| Thomas Klausner | 0438390 | 2005-06-12 16:10:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | Additionally, you'll need zlib (at least version 1.1.2). It comes |
| 17 | with most operating systems nowadays, or you can get it at |
| 18 | http://www.gzip.org/zlib/ |
| Thomas Klausner | 8026a25 | 2005-06-09 17:23:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | |
| Thomas Klausner | 3b0ea21 | 2014-06-15 23:52:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | When using a static Windows library, you need to define ZIP_STATIC |
| 21 | when compiling packages using libzip. |
| 22 | |
| Thomas Klausner | 8026a25 | 2005-06-09 17:23:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | If you make a binary distribution, please include a pointer to the |
| 24 | distribution site: |
| 25 | http://www.nih.at/libzip/ |
| 26 | ftp.nih.at /pub/nih/libzip |
| 27 | The latest version can always be found there. |
| 28 | |
| Thomas Klausner | 3611491 | 2014-06-09 11:40:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | There is a mailing list for developers using libzip. You can |
| 30 | subscribe to it by sending a mail with the subject "subscribe |
| 31 | libzip-discuss" to minimalist at nih.at. List mail should be sent |
| 32 | to libzip-discuss at nih.at. Use this for bug reports or questions. |
| Dieter Baron | 4d9c490 | 2010-01-11 10:11:03 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | |
| Thomas Klausner | 3611491 | 2014-06-09 11:40:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | If you want to reach the authors in private, use <libzip@nih.at>. |
