ZIP_FTELL(3)

✨ zip_ftell — tell position in file ✨

okay bestie, welcome to ZIP_FTELL(3), a certified Library Functions Manual moment 🎀 this one lives in libzip, and it's literally the "where am i rn" function. no cap. 💅

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📚 LIBRARY

libzip — link it with -lzip and you're golden 🫶

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🧚 SYNOPSIS

#include <zip.h>

zip_int64_t
zip_ftell(zip_file_t *file);

yes that's the whole vibe. one function. one pointer. iconic. ✨

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🌸 DESCRIPTION

so zip_ftell() reports the current offset in the file. that's it. that's the whole job. it tells you where you're at, like a little position check for your soul (well, for your zip_file_t *file) 🦋

the way it just... knows your current offset? obsessed. 💖

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💫 RETURN VALUES

• if everything's slay and it works: zip_ftell returns the current file position ✅
• if it's not giving: -1 is returned 😭

no in-between, bestie. either you get your position or you get a -1 and you go check zip_file_get_error(3). periodt.

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👀 SEE ALSO

• libzip(3)
• zip_fclose(3)
• zip_file_get_error(3)
• zip_fopen(3)
• zip_fread(3)
• zip_fseek(3)

the whole friend group fr fr 🫶✨

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🕰️ HISTORY

zip_ftell() was added in libzip 1.2.0. so it's been serving since 1.2.0, we love a seasoned queen 👑

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👑 AUTHORS

Dieter Baron <dillo@nih.at> and Thomas Klausner <wiz@gatalith.at> — the two main characters who wrote this. bow down 🎀💜

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k bye bestie, go tell some positions!! 💅🌸✨

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