NAME

     archive_entry_gid, archive_entry_set_gid, archive_entry_uid, archive_entry_set_uid,
     archive_entry_perm, archive_entry_set_perm, archive_entry_strmode, archive_entry_uname
     archive_entry_uname_w archive_entry_set_uname, archive_entry_copy_uname,
     archive_entry_copy_uname_w, archive_entry_update_uname_utf8, archive_entry_gname,
     archive_entry_gname_w, archive_entry_set_gname, archive_entry_copy_gname,
     archive_entry_copy_gname_w, archive_entry_update_gname_utf8, archive_entry_fflags,
     archive_entry_fflags_text, archive_entry_set_fflags, archive_entry_copy_fflags_text,
     archive_entry_copy_fflags_text_w — functions for manipulating ownership and permissions in
     archive entry descriptions

LIBRARY

     Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <archive_entry.h>

     gid_t
     archive_entry_gid(struct archive_entry *a);

     void
     archive_entry_set_gid(struct archive_entry *a, gid_t gid);

     uid_t
     archive_entry_uid(struct archive_entry *a);

     void
     archive_entry_set_uid(struct archive_entry *a, uid_t uid);

     mode_t
     archive_entry_perm(struct archive_entry *a);

     void
     archive_entry_set_perm(struct archive_entry *a, mode_t mode);

     const char *
     archive_entry_strmode(struct archive_entry *a);

     const char *
     archive_entry_gname(struct archive_entry *a);

     const wchar_t *
     archive_entry_gname_w(struct archive_entry *a);

     void
     archive_entry_set_gname(struct archive_entry *a, const char *a);

     void
     archive_entry_copy_gname(struct archive_entry *a, const char *name);

     void
     archive_entry_copy_gname_w(struct archive_entry *a, const wchar_t *name);

     int
     archive_entry_update_gname_utf8(struct archive_entry *a, const char *name);

     const char *
     archive_entry_uname(struct archive_entry *a);

     const wchar_t *
     archive_entry_uname_w(struct archive_entry *a);

     void
     archive_entry_set_uname(struct archive_entry *a, const char *name);

     void
     archive_entry_copy_uname(struct archive_entry *a, const char *name);

     void
     archive_entry_copy_uname_w(struct archive_entry *a, const wchar_t *name);

     int
     archive_entry_update_uname_utf8(struct archive_entry *a, const char *name);

     void
     archive_entry_fflags(struct archive_entry *a, unsigned long *set_bits,
         unsigned long *clear_bits);

     const char *
     archive_entry_fflags_text(struct archive_entry *a);

     void
     archive_entry_set_fflags(struct archive_entry *a, unsigned long set_bits,
         unsigned long clear_bits);

     const char *
     archive_entry_copy_fflags_text(struct archive_entry *a, const char *text);

     const wchar_t *
     archive_entry_copy_fflags_text_w(struct archive_entry *a, const wchar_t *text);

DESCRIPTION

   User id, group id and mode
     The functions archive_entry_uid(), archive_entry_gid(), and archive_entry_perm() can be used
     to extract the user id, group id and permission from the given entry.  The corresponding
     functions archive_entry_set_uid(), archive_entry_set_gid(), and archive_entry_set_perm()
     store the given user id, group id and permission in the entry.  The permission is also set
     as side effect of calling archive_entry_set_mode().

     archive_entry_strmode() returns a string representation of the permission as used by the
     long mode of ls(1).

   User and group name
     User and group names can be provided in one of three different ways:

     char *     Multibyte strings in the current locale.

     wchar_t *  Wide character strings in the current locale.  The accessor functions are named
                XXX_w().

     UTF-8      Unicode strings encoded as UTF-8.  This are convience functions to update both
                the multibyte and wide character strings at the same time.

     archive_entry_set_XXX() is an alias for archive_entry_copy_XXX().

   File Flags
     File flags are transparently converted between a bitmap representation and a textual format.
     For example, if you set the bitmap and ask for text, the library will build a canonical text
     format.  However, if you set a text format and request a text format, you will get back the
     same text, even if it is ill-formed.  If you need to canonicalize a textual flags string,
     you should first set the text form, then request the bitmap form, then use that to set the
     bitmap form.  Setting the bitmap format will clear the internal text representation and
     force it to be reconstructed when you next request the text form.

     The bitmap format consists of two integers, one containing bits that should be set, the
     other specifying bits that should be cleared.  Bits not mentioned in either bitmap will be
     ignored.  Usually, the bitmap of bits to be cleared will be set to zero.  In unusual
     circumstances, you can force a fully-specified set of file flags by setting the bitmap of
     flags to clear to the complement of the bitmap of flags to set.  (This differs from
     fflagstostr(3), which only includes names for set bits.)  Converting a bitmap to a textual
     string is a platform-specific operation; bits that are not meaningful on the current
     platform will be ignored.

     The canonical text format is a comma-separated list of flag names.  The
     archive_entry_copy_fflags_text() and archive_entry_copy_fflags_text_w() functions parse the
     provided text and sets the internal bitmap values.  This is a platform-specific operation;
     names that are not meaningful on the current platform will be ignored.  The function returns
     a pointer to the start of the first name that was not recognized, or NULL if every name was
     recognized.  Note that every name — including names that follow an unrecognized name — will
     be evaluated, and the bitmaps will be set to reflect every name that is recognized.  (In
     particular, this differs from strtofflags(3), which stops parsing at the first unrecognized
     name.)

SEE ALSO

     archive(3), archive_entry(3), archive_entry_acl(3), archive_read_disk(3),
     archive_write_disk(3)

BUGS

     The platform types uid_t and gid_t are often 16 or 32 bit wide.  In this case it is possible
     that the ids can not be correctly restored from archives and get truncated.