ARCHIVE_WRITE_NEW(3) manual page 
== NAME == 
'''archive_write_new''' 
- functions for creating archives 
== LIBRARY == 
Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive) 
== SYNOPSIS == 
'''<nowiki>#include <archive.h></nowiki>''' 
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''struct archive *'' 
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'''archive_write_new'''(''void''); 
== DESCRIPTION == 
Allocates and initializes a 
'''struct archive''' 
object suitable for writing a tar archive. 
NULL 
is returned on error. 

A complete description of the 
'''struct archive''' 
object can be found in the overview manual page for 
[[ManPageibarchive3]]. 
== SEE ALSO == 
[[ManPageBsdtar1]], 
[[ManPageibarchive3]], 
[[ManPagerchiverite3]], 
[[ManPagerchiveriteetptions3]], 
[[ManPageCpio5]], 
[[ManPageMtree5]], 
[[ManPageTar5]]