NAME

       zip_source_begin_write, zip_source_begin_write_cloning — prepare zip source for writing

LIBRARY

       libzip (-lzip)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <zip.h>

       int
       zip_source_begin_write(zip_source_t *source);

       int
       zip_source_begin_write_cloning(zip_source_t *source, zip_uint64_t offset);

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.

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)

HISTORY

       zip_source_begin_write() was added in libzip 1.0.

       zip_source_begin_write_cloning() was added in libzip 1.4.0.

AUTHORS

       Dieter Baron <dillo@nih.at> and Thomas Klausner <tk@giga.or.at>

Debian                                          December 18, 2017                      ZIP_SOURCE_BEGIN_WRITE(3)