zzip_dir_alloc_ext_io(3)

✨ zzip_dir_alloc_ext_io(3) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the zziplib Function List 💖 this is the page for zzip_dir_alloc_ext_io — and also for its slightly old-school sibling zzip_dir_alloc. it's giving "start usage" energy, which is exactly what the NAME section says, so let's get into it 🦋

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📛 NAME

zzip_dir_alloc_ext_io, zzip_dir_alloc — start usage. periodt. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS

#include <zzip/lib.h>

ZZIP_DIR*
zzip_dir_alloc_ext_io(zzip_strings_t* ext, const zzip_plugin_io_t io)

ZZIP_DIR*
zzip_dir_alloc(zzip_strings_t* fileext)

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🎀 DESCRIPTION

so, the zzip_dir_alloc_ext_io function allocates a brand new ZZIP_DIR handle and does the basic initializations before you actually use it — by zzip_dir_fdopen, zzip_dir_open, zzip_file_open, or through zzip_open. it's the little pre-game ritual, you know? 🧚

quick notes on the args, no cap:

• if ext is null, the flags use { ".zip" , ".ZIP" } — like, it just knows what you want 💅
• if io is null, the flags use the posix io defaults

and then there's zzip_dir_alloc, which is obsolete 😭 — it was generally used for implementation and exported so other code could build on it. the glow-up advice is: use zzip_dir_alloc_ext_io explicitly now instead. just set that second argument to zero and you get the same functionality as the old style. iconic behaviour, honestly ✨

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👑 AUTHOR

Guido Draheim <guidod@gmx.de> and Tomi Ollila <too@iki.fi> — the main characters who made this happen 🫶

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💜 COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) Guido Draheim, use under copyleft (LGPL,MPL).

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🌈 SEE ALSO

• zzip_dir_free — yeah, you gotta free it, bestie, don't just leave it hanging 🙈

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and that's the whole vibe check, babes 💖 this page is from zziplib 0.13.78 and it's literally called zzip_dir_alloc_ext_io(3) — go forth and allocate responsibly, mwah 🎀💅✨