zip_source_read(3)

zip_source_read3

Read data from zip source

Usage

#include <zip.h>

zip_int64_t

zip_source_read(zip_source_t *source, void *data, zip_uint64_t len);

Library

libzip (-lzip)

Overview

The function zip_source_read() reads up to len bytes of data from source at the current read offset into the buffer data.

The zip source source has to be opened for reading by calling zip_source_open(3) first.

Return values

Upon successful completion the number of bytes read is returned. When zip_source_read() is called after reaching the end of the file, 0 is returned. Otherwise, -1 is returned and the error information in source is set to indicate the error.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 9
  2. 10–12
  3. 13
  4. Arch

History

zip_source_read() was added in libzip 1.0.

Authors

Dieter Baron ⟨[email protected]⟩ and Thomas Klausner ⟨[email protected]⟩

From libzip 1.11.4-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.