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32.\"	@(#)zopen.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
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35.Dd June 9, 1993
36.Dt ZOPEN 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm zopen
40.Nd compressed stream open function
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Fd #include \&"zopen.h\&"
43.Ft FILE *
44.Fn zopen "const char *path" "const char *mode" "int bits"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Fn zopen
48function
49opens the compressed file whose name is the string pointed to by
50.Fa path
51and associates a stream with it.
52.Pp
53The argument
54.Fa mode
55points to one of the following one-character strings:
56.Bl -tag -width indent
57.It Dq Li r
58Open compressed file for reading.
59The stream is positioned at the beginning of the file.
60.It Dq Li w
61Truncate file to zero length or create compressed file for writing.
62The stream is positioned at the beginning of the file.
63.El
64.Pp
65Any created files will have mode
66.Pf \\*q Dv S_IRUSR
67\&|
68.Dv S_IWUSR
69\&|
70.Dv S_IRGRP
71\&|
72.Dv S_IWGRP
73\&|
74.Dv S_IROTH
75\&|
76.Dv S_IWOTH Ns \\*q
77.Pq Li 0666 ,
78as modified by the process'
79umask value (see
80.Xr umask 2 ) .
81.Pp
82Files may only be read or written.
83Seek operations are not allowed.
84.Pp
85The
86.Fa bits
87argument, if non-zero, is set to the bits code limit.
88If zero, the default is 16.
89See
90.Xr compress 1
91for more information.
92.Sh RETURN VALUES
93Upon successful completion
94.Fn zopen
95returns a
96.Tn FILE
97pointer.
98Otherwise,
99.Dv NULL
100is returned and the global variable
101.Va errno
102is set to indicate the error.
103.Sh ERRORS
104.Bl -tag -width [EINVAL]
105.It Bq Er EINVAL
106The
107.Fa mode
108or
109.Fa bits
110arguments specified to
111.Fn zopen
112were invalid.
113.It Bq Er EFTYPE
114The compressed file starts with an invalid header, or the compressed
115file is compressed with more bits than can be handled.
116.El
117.Pp
118The
119.Fn zopen
120function may also fail and set
121.Va errno
122for any of the errors specified for the routines
123.Xr fopen 3
124or
125.Xr funopen 3 .
126.Sh SEE ALSO
127.Xr compress 1 ,
128.Xr fopen 3 ,
129.Xr funopen 3
130.Sh HISTORY
131The
132.Nm
133function
134first appeared in
135.Bx 4.4 .
136.Sh BUGS
137The
138.Fn zopen
139function
140may not be portable to systems other than
141.Bx .
142