ZIP_SOURCE_OPEN(3)

✨ zip_source_open — open zip_source for reading ✨

okay bestie, welcome to zip_source_open(3) 💖 this is a libzip page, so buckle up, it's short and sweet but it's lowkey important.

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📚 LIBRARY

libzip — link it with -lzip 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS

#include <zip.h>

int
zip_source_open(zip_source_t *source);

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💅 DESCRIPTION

so the function zip_source_open() opens source for reading. that's it. that's the whole vibe. it's giving "get this source ready, we're about to read from it" ✨

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🎀 RETURN VALUES

if it ate? 0 comes back. iconic. 👑

if it didn't? -1 comes back 😭 and the error info inside source gets set to tell you what went wrong. so like, check that. fr fr.

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🦋 SEE ALSO

• libzip(3)
• zip_source(5)
• zip_source_begin_write(3)
• zip_source_close(3)
• zip_source_read(3)
• zip_source_seek(3)
• zip_source_tell(3)

the whole friend group, basically 🌈 go read them too.

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🌟 HISTORY

zip_source_open() was added in libzip 1.0. throwback era, but it still slays. ✨

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👑 AUTHORS

Dieter Baron <dillo@nih.at> and Thomas Klausner <wiz@gatalith.at> — the main characters who wrote this. we love them for it. 💜

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Debian, December 18, 2017, and this is the ZIP_SOURCE_OPEN(3) page signing off — stay hydrated, read your source, and remember: 0 means slay, -1 means check the error info. periodt. 💅🎀🦋