ZIP_ERROR(5)

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🎀 ZIP_ERROR(5) 🎀

ok so bestie, this is the File Formats Manual page for ZIP_ERROR(5), and we're gonna talk about error info in libzip. pull up a chair, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

zip_error — error information

📚 LIBRARY 📚

libzip (-lzip)

like, link it with -lzip, that's the whole vibe 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <zip.h>

zip_error_t error;

that's it. that's the whole setup. no cap. ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so a zip_error is literally just a lil container that holds information about an error. that's its whole job. main character energy but make it diagnostic. 👑

here's the thing though — the way it's usually allocated is the iconic part:

  • it's normally allocated directly on the stack, OR
  • as a member of another structure

and not via a pointer. ngl that's just how the cool kids do it around here. 🫶

to get one going, you initialize it with zip_error_init(3) or zip_error_init_with_code(3) — those are your two entry points, pick your fighter.

once it exists, you can peek at the type of error with:

and if you want it to actually be readable by a human person (instead of just vibes and numbers), you convert it into a human readable string with zip_error_strerror(3). literally the glow-up moment. 💫

then, after use, you should clean it up with zip_error_fini(3). yes bestie, we clean up after ourselves. no leaving error structs lying around, that's not the vibe. 🧹✨

fr fr, don't skip the zip_error_fini(3) step. cleanup is self-care. 🌸

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole friend group, all linked up. iykyk. 💜

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Dieter Baron <dillo@nih.at> and Thomas Klausner <wiz@gatalith.at>

absolute legends, both of them. we stan. 🌈⭐

and that's the page, bestie! this one came to you from Debian, dated May 5, 2025 — ZIP_ERROR(5), slayed and delivered. now go forth and handle your errors responsibly. mwah 💅💖

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