ZIP(5) File Formats Manual ZIP(5) NAME zip - zip archive structure LIBRARY libzip (-lzip) SYNOPSIS #include zip_t *archive; DESCRIPTION A zip represents an open zip archive and is used for all functions accessing and modifying archives. It is created with zip_open(3), zip_open_from_source(3), or zip_fdopen(3). It is closed with zip_close(3) (keeping changes) or zip_discard(3) (discarding changes). All objects representing parts of an archive (like zip_file_t) are only valid while the archive remains open. SEE ALSO libzip(3), zip_close(3), zip_discard(3), zip_fopen(3), zip_open(3), zip_open_from_source(3) AUTHORS Dieter Baron and Thomas Klausner Linux 6.18.6-arch1-1 May 5, 2025 Linux 6.18.6-arch1-1