archive_write_header(3)
functions for creating archives
LIBRARY
Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)
SYNOPSIS
In archive.h
Ft int
Fn 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
archive_entry3
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
Fn archive_errno
and
Fn archive_error_string
functions.