ZIP_ADD_DIR(3)

✨ zip_add_dir — bestie's guide to the obsolete directory-adding era 💅

okay so real talk, you're looking at zip_add_dir from the libzip library functions manual, and it's giving "vintage, but not in the cute thrifted way." It's literally the obsolete interface for adding a directory to a zip archive. We love her, we respect her, but she's retired. 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

zip_add_dir — add directory to zip archive (obsolete interface)

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📚 LIBRARY 📚

libzip (-lzip) — that's the one you link against, no cap.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <zip.h>

zip_int64_t
zip_add_dir(zip_t *archive, const char *name);

Look at her. Two args, one return type. Simple. Iconic. Deprecated. 😭

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So here's the tea: zip_add_dir() is the obsolete version of zip_dir_add(3). Same energy, older era.

It's exactly the same as calling zip_dir_add(3) with an empty flags argument. That's it. That's the whole vibe. No extra seasoning, no hidden tricks — just the legacy wrapper doing legacy wrapper things. 🫶

ngl bestie, if you're writing new code, you should be using zip_dir_add(3). This one is here for the archives (pun fully intended) and for codebases that haven't gotten the memo yet. 💀

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• libzip(3) — the whole library, the mothership, the main character
• zip_dir_add(3) — the glow-up version, the one you actually want

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⭐ HISTORY ⭐

The lore, chronologically, because we love a timeline:

1. zip_add_dir() was added in libzip 0.8. Baby's first appearance. 🍼
2. In libzip 0.10 the return type was changed from int to zip_int64_t. A lil glow-up, as a treat.
3. It was deprecated in libzip 0.11 — use zip_dir_add() instead. And that's the part where we say our goodbyes. 💐

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

The legends themselves:

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

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and that's the whole page, bestie ✨

This one shipped as part of the Debian build, dated December 18, 2017 — so yeah, she's been sitting in the manpage collection looking cute and being deprecated for a minute. Old but gold. Periodt. 💅🌸🦋