ARCHIVE_WRITE_HEADER(3) Introduction to Library Functions
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),
archive_write_set_options(3),
libarchive(3),
cpio(5),
mtree(5),
tar(5)illumos February 2, 2012 illumos
