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4 archive_write_header — functions for creating archives
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7 Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)
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10 #include <archive.h>
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12 int
13 archive_write_header(struct archive *, struct archive_entry *);
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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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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‐
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28 Detailed error codes and textual descriptions are available from the
29 archive_errno() and archive_error_string() functions.
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32 tar(1), archive_write_set_options(3), libarchive(3), cpio(5), mtree(5),
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