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<td class="head-ltitle">ZIP_FDOPEN(3)</td>
<td class="head-vol">Library Functions Manual</td>
<td class="head-rtitle">ZIP_FDOPEN(3)</td>
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<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1>
<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">zip_fdopen</code> — <span class="Nd">open
zip archive using open file descriptor</span></p>
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<h1 class="Sh" id="LIBRARY"><a class="permalink" href="#LIBRARY">LIBRARY</a></h1>
<p class="Pp">libzip (-lzip)</p>
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<h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
<p class="Pp"><code class="In">#include
<<a class="In">zip.h</a>></code></p>
<p class="Pp"><var class="Ft">zip_t *</var>
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<code class="Fn">zip_fdopen</code>(<var class="Fa" style="white-space: nowrap;">int
fd</var>, <var class="Fa" style="white-space: nowrap;">int flags</var>,
<var class="Fa" style="white-space: nowrap;">int *errorp</var>);</p>
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<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
<p class="Pp">The zip archive specified by the open file descriptor
<var class="Ar">fd</var> is opened and a pointer to a <var class="Ft">struct
zip</var>, used to manipulate the archive, is returned. In contrast to
<a class="Xr" href="zip_open.html">zip_open(3)</a>, using
<code class="Nm">zip_fdopen</code> the archive can only be opened in
read-only mode. The <var class="Ar">fd</var> argument may not be used any
longer after calling <code class="Nm">zip_fdopen</code>. The
<var class="Fa">flags</var> are specified by
<a class="permalink" href="#or"><i class="Em" id="or">or</i></a><span class="No">'ing</span>
the following values, or 0 for none of them.</p>
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<dt id="ZIP_CHECKCONS"><a class="permalink" href="#ZIP_CHECKCONS"><code class="Dv">ZIP_CHECKCONS</code></a></dt>
<dd>Perform additional stricter consistency checks on the archive, and error
if they fail.</dd>
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<p class="Pp">If an error occurs and <var class="Ar">errorp</var> is
<span class="No">non-</span><code class="Dv">NULL</code>, it will be set to
the corresponding error code.</p>
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<h1 class="Sh" id="RETURN_VALUES"><a class="permalink" href="#RETURN_VALUES">RETURN
VALUES</a></h1>
<p class="Pp">Upon successful completion <code class="Fn">zip_fdopen</code>()
returns a <var class="Ft">struct zip</var> pointer, and
<var class="Ar">fd</var> should not be used any longer, nor passed to
<a class="Xr" href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/close.html">close(2)</a>. Otherwise,
<code class="Dv">NULL</code> is returned and <var class="Ar">*errorp</var>
is set to indicate the error. In the error case, <var class="Ar">fd</var>
remains unchanged.</p>
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<h1 class="Sh" id="ERRORS"><a class="permalink" href="#ERRORS">ERRORS</a></h1>
<p class="Pp">The file specified by <var class="Ar">fd</var> is prepared for use
by <a class="Xr" href="libzip.html">libzip(3)</a> unless:</p>
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<dt id="ZIP_ER_INCONS">[<a class="permalink" href="#ZIP_ER_INCONS"><code class="Er">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 id="ZIP_ER_INVAL">[<a class="permalink" href="#ZIP_ER_INVAL"><code class="Er">ZIP_ER_INVAL</code></a>]</dt>
<dd>The <var class="Ar">flags</var> argument is invalid. Not all
<a class="Xr" href="zip_open.html">zip_open(3)</a> flags are allowed for
<code class="Nm">zip_fdopen</code>, see
<a class="Sx" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a>.</dd>
<dt id="ZIP_ER_MEMORY">[<a class="permalink" href="#ZIP_ER_MEMORY"><code class="Er">ZIP_ER_MEMORY</code></a>]</dt>
<dd>Required memory could not be allocated.</dd>
<dt id="ZIP_ER_NOZIP">[<a class="permalink" href="#ZIP_ER_NOZIP"><code class="Er">ZIP_ER_NOZIP</code></a>]</dt>
<dd>The file specified by <var class="Ar">fd</var> is not a zip archive.</dd>
<dt id="ZIP_ER_OPEN">[<a class="permalink" href="#ZIP_ER_OPEN"><code class="Er">ZIP_ER_OPEN</code></a>]</dt>
<dd>The file specified by <var class="Ar">fd</var> could not be prepared for
use by <a class="Xr" href="libzip.html">libzip(3)</a>.</dd>
<dt id="ZIP_ER_OPNOTSUPP">[<a class="permalink" href="#ZIP_ER_OPNOTSUPP"><code class="Er">ZIP_ER_OPNOTSUPP</code></a>]</dt>
<dd>This functionality has been disabled at compile time.</dd>
<dt id="ZIP_ER_READ">[<a class="permalink" href="#ZIP_ER_READ"><code class="Er">ZIP_ER_READ</code></a>]</dt>
<dd>A read error occurred; see <var class="Va">errno</var> for details.</dd>
<dt id="ZIP_ER_SEEK">[<a class="permalink" href="#ZIP_ER_SEEK"><code class="Er">ZIP_ER_SEEK</code></a>]</dt>
<dd>The file specified by <var class="Ar">fd</var> does not allow seeks.</dd>
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<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE
ALSO</a></h1>
<p class="Pp"><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_open.html">zip_open(3)</a></p>
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<h1 class="Sh" id="HISTORY"><a class="permalink" href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></h1>
<p class="Pp"><code class="Fn">zip_fdopen</code>() was added in libzip 1.0.</p>
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<h1 class="Sh" id="AUTHORS"><a class="permalink" href="#AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></h1>
<p class="Pp"><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:wiz@gatalith.at">wiz@gatalith.at</a>></p>
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<td class="foot-date">September 23, 2022</td>
<td class="foot-os">NiH</td>
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