| ZIP_SOURCE_FILE(3) | Library Functions Manual | ZIP_SOURCE_FILE(3) |
zip_source_file,
zip_source_file_create —
#include <zip.h>
zip_source_t *
zip_source_file(zip_t
*archive, const char
*fname, zip_uint64_t
start, zip_int64_t
len);
zip_source_t *
zip_source_file_create(const
char *fname, zip_uint64_t
start, zip_int64_t
len, zip_error_t
*error);
zip_source_file() and
zip_source_file_create() create a zip source from a
file. They open fname and read len
bytes from offset start from it.
When passing ZIP_LENGTH_TO_END (or -1,
which is deprecated) as len,
zip_source_file determines the file size when it is
called and uses that as the expected file size. If the file size grows
between creating and reading from the source, the additional data is
ignored. If the file shrinks, libzip treats it as an
error (ZIP_ER_DATA_LENGTH).
When passing ZIP_LENGTH_UNCHECKED as
len, zip_source_file assumes
the file's size is unknown. Reading from the source returns as much data as
is there at that time (usually when calling
zip_close(3)).
libzip can do various optimizations if the
size of a source is known when it's created, so
ZIP_LENGTH_TO_END is preferrable. If you deal with
files that are likely to change while you are processing them, you can use
the less efficient ZIP_LENGTH_UNCHECKED.
If the file supports seek, the source can be used to open a zip archive from.
The file is opened and read when the data from the source is used,
usually by zip_close() or
zip_open_from_source().
NULL is returned and the error code in
archive or error is set to
indicate the error.
zip_source_file() and
zip_source_file_create() fail if:
ZIP_ER_INVAL]ZIP_ER_MEMORY]ZIP_ER_OPEN]zip_source_file() and
zip_source_file_create() were added in libzip 1.0.
ZIP_LENGTH_TO_END and
ZIP_LENGTH_UNCHECKED were added in libzip
1.10.1.
| June 30, 2023 | NiH |