ZIP_DIR_ADD(3) Introduction to Library Functions ZIP_DIR_ADD(3)

NAME

zip_dir_add - add directory to zip archive

LIBRARY

libzip (-lzip)

SYNOPSIS

#include <zip.h>

zip_int64_t
zip_dir_add(zip_t *archive, const char *name, zip_flags_t flags);

DESCRIPTION

The function zip_dir_add() adds a directory to a zip archive. The
argument archive specifies the zip archive to which the directory
should be added. name is the directory's name in the zip archive.

This function adds an entry to the archive. It does not check whether
a directory with that name exists in the file system, nor does it add
its contents if it does. The flags argument can be any of:

ZIP_FL_ENC_GUESS Guess encoding of name (default). (Only CP-437
and UTF-8 are recognized.)

ZIP_FL_ENC_UTF_8 Interpret name as UTF-8.

ZIP_FL_ENC_CP437 Interpret name as code page 437 (CP-437).

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion, the index of the new entry in the archive
is returned. Otherwise, -1 is returned and the error code in archive
is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

zip_dir_add() fails if:

[ZIP_ER_EXISTS] There is already an entry called name in the
archive.

[ZIP_ER_INVAL] archive or name are NULL, or invalid UTF-8 encoded
file names.

[ZIP_ER_MEMORY] Required memory could not be allocated.

SEE ALSO

libzip(3), zip_file_add(3)

HISTORY

zip_dir_add() was added in libzip 0.11.

AUTHORS

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

illumos September 20, 2020 illumos