zip_source_begin_write, zip_source_begin_write_cloning — prepare zip source for writing
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Description
The functions zip_source_begin_write() and zip_source_begin_write_cloning() prepare source for writing.
Usually this involves creating temporary files or allocating buffers.
zip_source_begin_write_cloning() preserves the first offset bytes of the original file. This is done
efficiently, and writes to source won't overwrite the original data until zip_commit_write() is called.
History
zip_source_begin_write() was added in libzip 1.0.
zip_source_begin_write_cloning() was added in libzip 1.4.0.
Library
libzip (-lzip)
Name
zip_source_begin_write, zip_source_begin_write_cloning — prepare zip source for writing
Return Values
Upon successful completion 0 is returned. Otherwise, -1 is returned and the error information in source
is set to indicate the error.
See Also
libzip(3), zip_source(3), zip_source_commit_write(3), zip_source_rollback_write(3), zip_source_seek_write(3), zip_source_tell_write(3), zip_source_write(3)
Synopsis
#include<zip.h>intzip_source_begin_write(zip_source_t*source);
intzip_source_begin_write_cloning(zip_source_t*source, zip_uint64_toffset);
