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  27. .Dd February 2, 2012
  28. .Dt ARCHIVE_WRITE_HEADER 3
  29. .Os
  30. .Sh NAME
  31. .Nm archive_write_header
  32. .Nd functions for creating archives
  33. .Sh LIBRARY
  34. Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)
  35. .Sh SYNOPSIS
  36. .In archive.h
  37. .Ft int
  38. .Fn archive_write_header "struct archive *" "struct archive_entry *"
  39. .Sh DESCRIPTION
  40. Build and write a header using the data in the provided
  41. .Tn struct archive_entry
  42. structure.
  43. See
  44. .Xr archive_entry 3
  45. for information on creating and populating
  46. .Tn struct archive_entry
  47. objects.
  48. .\" .Sh EXAMPLE
  49. .Sh RETURN VALUES
  50. This function returns
  51. .Cm ARCHIVE_OK
  52. on success, or one of the following on error:
  53. .Cm ARCHIVE_RETRY
  54. for operations that might succeed if retried,
  55. .Cm ARCHIVE_WARN
  56. for unusual conditions that do not prevent further operations, and
  57. .Cm ARCHIVE_FATAL
  58. for serious errors that make remaining operations impossible.
  59. .\"
  60. .Sh ERRORS
  61. Detailed error codes and textual descriptions are available from the
  62. .Fn archive_errno
  63. and
  64. .Fn archive_error_string
  65. functions.
  66. .\"
  67. .Sh SEE ALSO
  68. .Xr tar 1 ,
  69. .Xr libarchive 3 ,
  70. .Xr archive_write_set_options 3 ,
  71. .Xr cpio 5 ,
  72. .Xr mtree 5 ,
  73. .Xr tar 5