archive_read_next_header2(3) functions for reading streaming archives

Other Alias

archive_read_next_header

LIBRARY

Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)

SYNOPSIS

In archive.h Ft int Fn archive_read_next_header struct archive * struct archive_entry ** Ft int Fn archive_read_next_header2 struct archive * struct archive_entry *

DESCRIPTION

Fn archive_read_next_header
Read the header for the next entry and return a pointer to a struct archive_entry This is a convenience wrapper around Fn archive_read_next_header2 that reuses an internal struct archive_entry object for each request.
Fn archive_read_next_header2
Read the header for the next entry and populate the provided struct archive_entry

RETURN VALUES

These functions return ARCHIVE_OK (the operation succeeded), ARCHIVE_WARN (the operation succeeded but a non-critical error was encountered), ARCHIVE_EOF (end-of-archive was encountered), ARCHIVE_RETRY (the operation failed but can be retried), and ARCHIVE_FATAL (there was a fatal error; the archive should be closed immediately).

ERRORS

Detailed error codes and textual descriptions are available from the Fn archive_errno and Fn archive_error_string functions.