NAME¶
archive_write_header
—
functions for creating archives
LIBRARY¶
Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)
SYNOPSIS¶
#include
<archive.h>
int
archive_write_header
(
struct
archive *,
struct archive_entry
*);
DESCRIPTION¶
Build and write a header using the data in the provided struct archive_entry
structure. See
archive_entry(3) for information
on creating and populating struct archive_entry objects.
RETURN VALUES¶
This function returns
ARCHIVE_OK
on success,
or one of the following on error:
ARCHIVE_RETRY
for operations that might
succeed if retried,
ARCHIVE_WARN
for
unusual conditions that do not prevent further operations, and
ARCHIVE_FATAL
for serious errors that make
remaining operations impossible.
ERRORS¶
Detailed error codes and textual descriptions are available from the
archive_errno
() and
archive_error_string
() functions.
SEE ALSO¶
tar(1),
libarchive(3),
archive_write_set_options(3),
cpio(5),
mtree(5),
tar(5)