NAME

       archive_write_set_format_cpio,   archive_write_set_format_pax,   archive_write_set_format_pax_restricted,
       archive_write_set_format_shar,   archive_write_set_format_shar_dump,   archive_write_set_format_ustar   —
       functions for creating archives

LIBRARY

       Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <archive.h>

       int
       archive_write_set_format_cpio(struct archive *);

       int
       archive_write_set_format_pax(struct archive *);

       int
       archive_write_set_format_pax_restricted(struct archive *);

       int
       archive_write_set_format_shar(struct archive *);

       int
       archive_write_set_format_shar_dump(struct archive *);

       int
       archive_write_set_format_ustar(struct archive *);

DESCRIPTION

       These functions set the format that will be used for the archive.

       The  library can write POSIX octet-oriented cpio format archives, POSIX-standard “pax interchange” format
       archives, traditional “shar” archives, enhanced “dump”  shar  archives  that  store  a  variety  of  file
       attributes and handle binary files, and POSIX-standard “ustar” archives.  The pax interchange format is a
       backwards-compatible  tar  format  that  adds  key/value  attributes to each entry and supports arbitrary
       filenames, linknames, uids, sizes, etc.  “Restricted pax interchange format” is the library default; this
       is the same as pax format, but suppresses the pax extended header for most normal files.  In most  cases,
       this will result in ordinary ustar archives.

RETURN VALUES

       These functions return ARCHIVE_OK on success, or ARCHIVE_FATAL.

ERRORS

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

SEE ALSO

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

Debian                                          February 2, 2012                         ARCHIVE_WRITE_FORMAT(3)