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zip archive structure

Library

libzip (-lzip)

Synopsis

#include <zip.h>

zip_t *archive;

Description

A zip represents an open zip archive and is used for all functions accessing and modifying archives.

It is created with zip_open(3), zip_open_from_source(3), or zip_fdopen(3).

It is closed with zip_close(3) (keeping changes) or zip_discard(3) (discarding changes).

All objects representing parts of an archive (like zip_file_t) are only valid while the archive remains open.

See Also

libzip(3), zip_close(3), zip_discard(3), zip_fopen(3), zip_open(3), zip_open_from_source(3)

Authors

Dieter Baron <dillo@nih.at> and Thomas Klausner <wiz@gatalith.at>

Referenced By

libzip(3).

May 5, 2025