NAME

       zip_open - open zip archive

LIBRARY

       libzip (-lzip)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <zip.h>

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

DESCRIPTION

       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.

RETURN VALUES

       Upon successful completion zip_open returns a

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

ERRORS

       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 for details.

              [ZIP_ER_SEEK]
                  The file specified by path does not allow seeks.

SEE ALSO

       libzip(3), zip_close(3), zip_error_to_str(3), zip_fdopen(3)

AUTHORS

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