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)