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ZIP_SOURCE_FILEP

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NAME

zip_source_filep zip_source_filep_create - create data source from FILE

LIBRARY

libzip -lzip)

SYNOPSIS

In zip.h Ft zip_source_t * Fn zip_source_filep zip_t *archive FILE *file zip_uint64_t start zip_int64_t len Ft zip_source_t * Fn zip_source_filep_create FILE *file zip_uint64_t start zip_int64_t len zip_error_t *error

DESCRIPTION

The functions Fn zip_source_filep and Fn zip_source_filep_create create a zip source from a file stream. They read len bytes from offset start from the open file stream file For a description of the len argument, see zip_source_file3.

If the file stream supports seeking, the source can be used to open a rea-only zip archive from.

The file stream is closed when the source is being freed, usually by zip_close3.

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion, the created source is returned. Otherwise, NULL is returned and the error code in archive or error is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

Fn zip_source_filep fails if:

Bq Er ZIP_ER_INVAL: file start or len are invalid.
Bq Er ZIP_ER_MEMORY: Required memory could not be allocated.

HISTORY

Fn zip_source_filep and Fn zip_source_filep_create were added in libzip 1.0.

ZIP_LENGTH_TO_END and ZIP_LENGTH_UNCHECKED were added in libzip 1.10.1.

AUTHORS

An -nosplit An Dieter Baron Aq Mt dillo@nih.at and An Thomas Klausner Aq Mt wiz@gatalith.at