ARCHIVE_READ_DISK(3) manual page 

== NAME == 

'''archive_read_disk_new''', 

'''archive_read_disk_set_behavior''', 

'''archive_read_disk_set_symlink_logical''', 

'''archive_read_disk_set_symlink_physical''', 

'''archive_read_disk_set_symlink_hybrid''', 

'''archive_read_disk_entry_from_file''', 

'''archive_read_disk_gname''', 

'''archive_read_disk_uname''', 

'''archive_read_disk_set_uname_lookup''', 

'''archive_read_disk_set_gname_lookup''', 

'''archive_read_disk_set_standard_lookup''' 

- functions for reading objects from disk 

== LIBRARY == 

Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive) 

== SYNOPSIS == 

'''<nowiki>#include <archive.h></nowiki>''' 

''struct archive *'' 

'''archive_read_disk_new'''(''void''); 

''int'' 

'''archive_read_disk_set_behavior'''(''struct archive *'', ''int''); 

''int'' 

'''archive_read_disk_set_symlink_logical'''(''struct archive *''); 

''int'' 

'''archive_read_disk_set_symlink_physical'''(''struct archive *''); 

''int'' 

'''archive_read_disk_set_symlink_hybrid'''(''struct archive *''); 

''const char *'' 

'''archive_read_disk_gname'''(''struct archive *'', ''gid_t''); 

''const char *'' 

'''archive_read_disk_uname'''(''struct archive *'', ''uid_t''); 

''int'' 

'''archive_read_disk_set_gname_lookup'''(''struct archive *'', ''void *'', ''const char *(*lookup)(void *, gid_t)'', ''void (*cleanup)(void *)''); 

''int'' 

'''archive_read_disk_set_uname_lookup'''(''struct archive *'', ''void *'', ''const char *(*lookup)(void *, uid_t)'', ''void (*cleanup)(void *)''); 

''int'' 

'''archive_read_disk_set_standard_lookup'''(''struct archive *''); 

''int'' 

'''archive_read_disk_entry_from_file'''(''struct archive *'', ''struct archive_entry *'', ''int fd'', ''const struct stat *''); 

== DESCRIPTION == 

These functions provide an API for reading information about 

objects on disk. 

In particular, they provide an interface for populating 

'''struct archive_entry''' 

objects. 

'''archive_read_disk_new'''()
 

Allocates and initializes a 

'''struct archive''' 

object suitable for reading object information from disk. 

'''archive_read_disk_set_behavior'''()
 

Configures various behavior options when reading entries from disk. 

The flags field consists of a bitwise OR of one or more of the 

following values: 

'''ARCHIVE_READDISK_HONOR_NODUMP'''
 

Skip files and directories with the nodump file attribute (file flag) set. 

By default, the nodump file atrribute is ignored. 

'''ARCHIVE_READDISK_MAC_COPYFILE'''
 

Mac OS X specific. Read metadata (ACLs and extended attributes) with 

[[copyfile(3)|http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=copyfile&sektion=3]]. 

By default, metadata is read using 

[[copyfile(3)|http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=copyfile&sektion=3]]. 

'''ARCHIVE_READDISK_NO_ACL'''
 

Do not read Access Control Lists. 

By default, ACLs are read from disk. 

'''ARCHIVE_READDISK_NO_FFLAGS'''
 

Do not read file attributes (file flags). 

By default, file attributes are read from disk. 

See 

[[chattr(1)|http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=chattr&sektion=1]] 

(Linux) 

or 

[[chflags(1)|http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=chflags&sektion=1]] 

(FreeBSD, Mac OS X) 

for more information on file attributes. 

'''ARCHIVE_READDISK_NO_TRAVERSE_MOUNTS'''
 

Do not traverse mount points. 

By defaut, moint points are traversed. 

'''ARCHIVE_READDISK_NO_XATTR'''
 

Do not read extended file attributes (xattrs). 

By default, extended file attributes are read from disk. 

See 

[[xattr(7)|http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=xattr&sektion=7]] 

(Linux,) 

[[xattr(2)|http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=xattr&sektion=2]] 

(Mac OS X,) 

or 

[[getextattr(8)|http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getextattr&sektion=8]] 

(FreeBSD) 

for more information on extended file attributes. 

'''ARCHIVE_READDISK_RESTORE_ATIME'''
 

Restore access time of traversed files. 

By default, access time of traversed files is not restored. 

'''archive_read_disk_set_symlink_logical'''(), 

'''archive_read_disk_set_symlink_physical'''(), 

'''archive_read_disk_set_symlink_hybrid'''() 

This sets the mode used for handling symbolic links. 

The 

"logical" 

mode follows all symbolic links. 

The 

"physical" 

mode does not follow any symbolic links. 

The 

"hybrid" 

mode currently behaves identically to the 

"logical" 

mode. 

'''archive_read_disk_gname'''(), 

'''archive_read_disk_uname'''() 

Returns a user or group name given a gid or uid value. 

By default, these always return a NULL string. 

'''archive_read_disk_set_gname_lookup'''(), 

'''archive_read_disk_set_uname_lookup'''() 

These allow you to override the functions used for 

user and group name lookups. 

You may also provide a 

'''void *''' 

pointer to a private data structure and a cleanup function for 

that data. 

The cleanup function will be invoked when the 

'''struct archive''' 

object is destroyed or when new lookup functions are registered. 

'''archive_read_disk_set_standard_lookup'''()
 

This convenience function installs a standard set of user 

and group name lookup functions. 

These functions use 

[[getpwuid(3)|http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getpwuid&sektion=3]] 

and 

[[getgrgid(3)|http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getgrgid&sektion=3]] 

to convert ids to names, defaulting to NULL if the names cannot 

be looked up. 

These functions also implement a simple memory cache to reduce 

the number of calls to 

[[getpwuid(3)|http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getpwuid&sektion=3]] 

and 

[[getgrgid(3)|http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getgrgid&sektion=3]]. 

'''archive_read_disk_entry_from_file'''()
 

Populates a 

'''struct archive_entry''' 

object with information about a particular file. 

The 

'''archive_entry''' 

object must have already been created with 

[[ManPagerchiventryew3]] 

and at least one of the source path or path fields must already be set. 

(If both are set, the source path will be used.) 

Information is read from disk using the path name from the 

'''struct archive_entry''' 

object. 

If a file descriptor is provided, some information will be obtained using 

that file descriptor, on platforms that support the appropriate 

system calls. 

If a pointer to a 

'''struct stat''' 

is provided, information from that structure will be used instead 

of reading from the disk where appropriate. 

This can provide performance benefits in scenarios where 

'''struct stat''' 

information has already been read from the disk as a side effect 

of some other operation. 

(For example, directory traversal libraries often provide this information.) 

Where necessary, user and group ids are converted to user and group names 

using the currently registered lookup functions above. 

This affects the file ownership fields and ACL values in the 

'''struct archive_entry''' 

object. 

More information about the 

''struct'' archive 

object and the overall design of the library can be found in the 

[[ManPageibarchive3]] 

overview. 

== EXAMPLE == 

The following illustrates basic usage of the library by 

showing how to use it to copy an item on disk into an archive. 

```text

void

file_to_archive(struct archive *a, const char *name)

{

  char buff[8192];

  size_t bytes_read;

  struct archive *ard;

  struct archive_entry *entry;

  int fd;

  ard = archive_read_disk_new();

  archive_read_disk_set_standard_lookup(ard);

  entry = archive_entry_new();

  fd = open(name, O_RDONLY);

  if (fd < 0)

     return;

  archive_entry_copy_pathname(entry, name);

  archive_read_disk_entry_from_file(ard, entry, fd, NULL);

  archive_write_header(a, entry);

  while ((bytes_read = read(fd, buff, sizeof(buff))) > 0)

    archive_write_data(a, buff, bytes_read);

  archive_write_finish_entry(a);

  archive_read_free(ard);

  archive_entry_free(entry);

}

```

== RETURN VALUES == 

Most functions return 

'''ARCHIVE_OK''' 

(zero) on success, or one of several negative 

error codes for errors. 

Specific error codes include: 

'''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. 

'''archive_read_disk_new'''() 

returns a pointer to a newly-allocated 

'''struct archive''' 

object or NULL if the allocation failed for any reason. 

'''archive_read_disk_gname'''() 

and 

'''archive_read_disk_uname'''() 

return 

'''const char *''' 

pointers to the textual name or NULL if the lookup failed for any reason. 

The returned pointer points to internal storage that 

may be reused on the next call to either of these functions; 

callers should copy the string if they need to continue accessing it. 

== ERRORS == 

Detailed error codes and textual descriptions are available from the 

'''archive_errno'''() 

and 

'''archive_error_string'''() 

functions. 

== SEE ALSO == 

[[ManPagerchiveead3]], 

[[ManPagerchivetil3]], 

[[ManPagerchiverite3]], 

[[ManPagerchiveriteisk3]], 

[[ManPageBsdtar1]], 

[[ManPageibarchive3]] 

== HISTORY == 

The 

'''libarchive''' 

library first appeared in 

FreeBSD 5.3. 

The 

'''archive_read_disk''' 

interface was added to 

'''libarchive''' 2.6 

and first appeared in 

FreeBSD 8.0. 

== AUTHORS == 

The 

'''libarchive''' 

library was written by 

Tim Kientzle  <kientzle@FreeBSD.org.> 

== BUGS == 

The 

"standard" 

user name and group name lookup functions are not the defaults because 

[[getgrgid(3)|http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getgrgid&sektion=3]] 

and 

[[getpwuid(3)|http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getpwuid&sektion=3]] 

are sometimes too large for particular applications. 

The current design allows the application author to use a more 

compact implementation when appropriate. 

The full list of metadata read from disk by 

'''archive_read_disk_entry_from_file'''() 

is necessarily system-dependent. 

The 

'''archive_read_disk_entry_from_file'''() 

function reads as much information as it can from disk. 

Some method should be provided to limit this so that clients who 

do not need ACLs, for instance, can avoid the extra work needed 

to look up such information. 

This API should provide a set of methods for walking a directory tree. 

That would make it a direct parallel of the 

[[ManPagerchiveead3]] 

API. 

When such methods are implemented, the 

"hybrid" 

symbolic link mode will make sense.