---
name: "zip_source_error"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libzip"
version: "1.11.4-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/zip_source_error"
---

# zip\_source\_error(3)

get zip error for data source

## NAME

**zip\_source\_error** – get zip error for data source

## LIBRARY

libzip (-lzip)

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<zip.h\>**

*zip\_error\_t* *\**\

**zip\_source\_error**(*zip\_source\_t \*source*);

## DESCRIPTION

The **zip\_source\_error**() function returns the zip error for the data source *source*.

## SEE ALSO

[libzip(3)](/libzip/3.md), [zip\_error\_code\_system(3)](/zip_error_code_system/3.md), [zip\_error\_code\_zip(3)](/zip_error_code_zip/3.md)

## HISTORY

**zip\_source\_error**() was added in libzip 1.0.

## AUTHORS

Dieter Baron ⟨*dillo@nih.at*⟩ and Thomas Klausner ⟨*wiz@gatalith.at*⟩