ZIP_DIR_ADD(3) | Library Functions Manual | 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. The flags argument can be any of:

`ZIP_FL_ENC_GUESS`
  Guess encoding of name (default).
`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 <tk@giga.or.at>

# CAVEATS

`zip_dir_add`() does not look in the file system, it just creates one entry in the archive for the provided name.

December 18, 2017 | NetBSD 9.99.41