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December 18, 2016
NAME
libzip - library for manipulating zip archives
LIBRARY
libzip (-lzip)
SYNOPSIS
#include <zip.h>
DESCRIPTION
libzip is a library for reading, creating, and modifying zip archives.
The main design criteria for libzip were:
+ Do not create corrupt files, even in case of errors.
+ Do not delete data.
+ Be efficient.
For this reason, when modifying zip archives, libzip writes to a
temporary file and replaces the original zip archive atomically.
Below there are two sections listing functions: one for how to read
from zip archives and one for how to create/modify them.
READING ZIP ARCHIVES
open archive
zip_open(3) zip_fdopen(3)
find files
zip_name_locate(3)
read files
zip_fopen(3) zip_fopen_encrypted(3) zip_fopen_index(3)
zip_fopen_index_encrypted(3) zip_fread(3) zip_fseek(3) (uncompressed
files only) zip_ftell(3) (uncompressed files only) zip_fclose(3)
close archive
zip_close(3) zip_discard(3)
miscellaneous
zip_stat(3) zip_file_get_comment(3)
zip_file_get_external_attributes(3) zip_get_archive_comment(3)
zip_get_archive_flag(3) zip_get_name(3) zip_get_num_entries(3)
zip_set_default_password(3)
CREATING/MODIFYING ZIP ARCHIVES
create/open archive
zip_open(3)
add/change files and directories
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zip_dir_add(3) zip_file_add(3) zip_file_replace(3)
zip_file_set_comment(3) zip_file_set_external_attributes(3)
zip_file_set_encryption(3) zip_file_set_mtime(3)
zip_set_file_compression(3) zip_source_buffer(3) zip_source_file(3)
zip_source_filep(3) zip_source_free(3) zip_source_function(3)
zip_source_zip(3)
rename files
zip_rename(3)
delete files
zip_delete(3)
revert changes
zip_unchange(3) zip_unchange_all(3) zip_unchange_archive(3)
read/modify extra fields
zip_file_extra_field_by_id(3) zip_file_extra_field_delete(3)
zip_file_extra_field_delete_by_id(3) zip_file_extra_field_get(3)
zip_file_extra_field_set(3) zip_file_extra_fields_count(3)
zip_file_extra_fields_count_by_id(3)
close archive
zip_close(3)
miscellaneous
zip_register_progress_callback(3) zip_set_archive_comment(3)
zip_set_archive_flag(3) zip_source(3)
ERROR HANDLING
zip_error_to_str(3) zip_strerror(3) zip_file_strerror(3)
zip_error_get(3) zip_error_get_sys_type(3) zip_errors(3)
AUTHORS
Dieter Baron <dillo@nih.at> and Thomas Klausner <tk@giga.or.at>
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