1ARCHIVE_WRITE_HEADER(3)  BSD Library Functions Manual  ARCHIVE_WRITE_HEADER(3)
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NAME

4     archive_write_header — functions for creating archives
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LIBRARY

7     Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)
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SYNOPSIS

10     #include <archive.h>
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12     int
13     archive_write_header(struct archive *, struct archive_entry *);
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DESCRIPTION

16     Build and write a header using the data in the provided struct
17     archive_entry structure.  See archive_entry(3) for information on creat‐
18     ing and populating struct archive_entry objects.
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RETURN VALUES

21     This function returns ARCHIVE_OK on success, or one of the following on
22     error: ARCHIVE_RETRY for operations that might succeed if retried,
23     ARCHIVE_WARN for unusual conditions that do not prevent further opera‐
24     tions, and ARCHIVE_FATAL for serious errors that make remaining opera‐
25     tions impossible.
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ERRORS

28     Detailed error codes and textual descriptions are available from the
29     archive_errno() and archive_error_string() functions.
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SEE ALSO

32     tar(1), libarchive(3), archive_write_set_options(3), cpio(5), mtree(5),
33     tar(5)
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35BSD                            February 2, 2012                            BSD