zzip_file_close(3)

💖 zzip_file_close — bestie's guide to ending things (the file way) 💖

okay so we're in the zziplib function list, and today's main character is zzip_file_close(3) 🎀 like yes she's short, she's sweet, she's the "k bye" of the zzip world, and honestly? obsessed.

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✨ NAME ✨

zzip_file_close — end usage. 💅

like literally, that's the whole vibe. she closes. she ends. she's done.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <zzip/lib.h>

int
zzip_file_close(ZZIP_FILE* fp)

so you pull in <zzip/lib.h> and she hands you back an int, taking a ZZIP_FILE* called fp. that's it. that's the whole signature. iconic 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so listen — the zzip_file_close function is the direct call of zzip_close(fp). no cap, that's just what she does. she's the understudy who genuinely delivers.

what she gets up to:

• she cleans up the inflate-portion of zlib 🧚
• and she frees the structure you gave her ✨

and the way she shows up is so reliable — she gets called quite a lot from the error-cleanup parts of the various _open functions. like every time an open goes sideways, she's there with a little "don't worry bestie, i got you" 😭💖

also important, don't skip this part:

• the .refcount gets decreased 📉
• and if it hits zero, then fp->dir gets closed just as well 👑

so she's not just closing the file, she's checking the count first, like a responsible queen. periodt.

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Guido Draheim <guidod@gmx.de> and Tomi Ollila <Tomi.Ollila@iki.fi> — the legends who made her 💜

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🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

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

fr fr, that's copyleft — respect the license bestie, it's not a vibe suggestion 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay there's no SEE ALSO section here, so instead: go read zzip_close because like, that's literally who she's calling. iykyk 🦋

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and that's the whole page!! this was zziplib version 0.13.78, dated zzip_file_close(3) — mwah, slay, closing this out with main character energy 💅💖✨