zzip_dir_free(3)

💖 zzip_dir_free — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is a page from the zziplib Function List, and we're talking about zzip_dir_free(3) and its little sibling zzip_dir_close. buckle up 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

zzip_dir_free, zzip_dir_close — the cleanup girlies 💅 (the original page leaves the description blank after the dash, so like… that's just the vibe, no cap)

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <zzip/lib.h>

int
zzip_dir_free(ZZIP_DIR* dir)

int
zzip_dir_close(ZZIP_DIR* dir)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically, the zzip_dir_free function will free the zzip_dir handle — but only unless there are still zzip_files attached that might be using its cache buffer. like, she's not gonna ghost her friends mid-hangout, bestie 😭

this is the inverse of zzip_dir_alloc, and honestly both of them are just helper functions that get used implicitly in other zzip calls. for example: zzip_dir_close = zzip_close. periodt ✨

it returns zero on success, and it returns the refcount when files are still attached.

it will also free(2) the ZZIP_DIR-handle that you gave it. the counterpart for zzip_dir_open — see also zzip_dir_free. iykyk 👑

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Guido Draheim <guidod@gmx.de> and Tomi Ollila <too@iki.fi> — icons, fr fr 🫶

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

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

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• zzip_dir_alloc_ext_io

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okay bestie, reminder: this whole thing is the zzip_dir_free(3) page from the zziplib Function List, zziplib 0.13.78 edition. that's the source, that's the version, and that's the whole page — no cap, you ate it, go free those handles responsibly 🎀✨💅