golang/go · error

zip: write to directory

Error message

zip: write to directory

What it means

Error "zip: write to directory" thrown in golang/go.

Source

Thrown at src/archive/zip/writer.go:618

		return err
	})
}

func (w *Writer) compressor(method uint16) Compressor {
	comp := w.compressors[method]
	if comp == nil {
		comp = compressor(method)
	}
	return comp
}

type dirWriter struct{}

func (dirWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
	if len(b) == 0 {
		return 0, nil
	}
	return 0, errors.New("zip: write to directory")
}

type fileWriter struct {
	*header
	zipw      io.Writer
	rawCount  *countWriter
	comp      io.WriteCloser
	compCount *countWriter
	crc32     hash.Hash32
	closed    bool
}

func (w *fileWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
	if w.closed {
		return 0, errors.New("zip: write to closed file")
	}
	if w.raw {
		return w.zipw.Write(p)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/archive/zip/writer.go:618 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of golang/go@b6b368adc5 (2026-08-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/6da6c5c9f7468c2c. Report an issue: GitHub.