NAME

     archive_write_header — functions for creating archives

LIBRARY

     Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <archive.h>

     int
     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_entry(3) 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 archive_errno() and
     archive_error_string() functions.

SEE ALSO

     tar(1), archive_write_set_options(3), libarchive(3), cpio(5), mtree(5), tar(5)