ARCHIVE_WRITE_HEADER(3) manual page 

== NAME == 

'''archive_write_header''' 

- functions for creating archives 

== LIBRARY == 

Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive) 

== SYNOPSIS == 

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

''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 

[[ManPagerchiventry3]] 

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 == 

[[ManPageBsdtar1]], 

[[ManPageibarchive3]], 

[[ManPagerchiveriteetptions3]], 

[[ManPageCpio5]], 

[[ManPageMtree5]], 

[[ManPageTar5]]