ZIP_ERROR_STRERROR(3)

💖 ZIP_ERROR_STRERROR(3) 💖

okay bestie, pull up a chair, we're doing the zip_error_strerror page from the Library Functions Manual and honestly? it's a lil bop. short, sweet, does exactly what it says. no notes. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

zip_error_strerror — the girlies who make a human-readable string out of a zip_error. like, translating error-code gobbledygook into words your brain can actually parse. iconic behaviour fr fr 💅

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🎀 LIBRARY 🎀

libzip (-lzip)

yes queen, you gotta link the lib. -lzip. that's the whole vibe. 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <zip.h>

const char *
zip_error_strerror(zip_error_t *ze);

look at her. one function, one arg, returns a const char *. clean. minimal. main character energy honestly. 👑

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so the way that this works is: zip_error_strerror() hands you back an error message string that corresponds to ze, and it does it just like strerror(3) does. same energy, different library. 🦋

⚠️ okay but listen — this string is only valid until the next call to zip_error_strerror() or until zip_error_fini(3) is called. so if you're holding onto that pointer like it's your emotional support string, don't. it'll get yanked out from under you and it's giving 💀. copy it if you need it to stick around, bestie.

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• libzip(3)
• strerror(3)
• zip_error_fini(3)

go read those too, they're part of the lore. iykyk. 🌈

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⭐ HISTORY ⭐

zip_error_strerror() was added in libzip 1.0. so she's been around a minute. a legend. a pioneer. periodt. 🎀

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💅 AUTHORS 💅

the icons responsible for this masterpiece:

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

give them their flowers. 🌸💐

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was the Debian build, dated December 18, 2017, and it's all yours. stay valid, stay freed, and don't hold onto that string too long. mwah 💖✨🦋