ARCHIVE_WRITE_HEADER(3)  BSD Library Functions Manual  ARCHIVE_WRITE_HEADER(3)

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 creat‐

     ing 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 opera‐

     tions, and ARCHIVE_FATAL for serious errors that make remaining opera‐

     tions 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)

BSD			       February 2, 2012 			   BSD