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  27. .Dd February 2, 2012
  28. .Dt ARCHIVE_WRITE_NEW 3
  29. .Os
  30. .Sh NAME
  31. .Nm archive_write_new
  32. .Nd functions for creating archives
  33. .Sh LIBRARY
  34. Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)
  35. .Sh SYNOPSIS
  36. .In archive.h
  37. .Ft struct archive *
  38. .Fn archive_write_new "void"
  39. .Sh DESCRIPTION
  40. Allocates and initializes a
  41. .Tn struct archive
  42. object suitable for writing a tar archive.
  43. .Dv NULL
  44. is returned on error.
  45. .Pp
  46. A complete description of the
  47. .Tn struct archive
  48. object can be found in the overview manual page for
  49. .Xr libarchive 3 .
  50. .\" .Sh ERRORS
  51. .Sh SEE ALSO
  52. .Xr tar 1 ,
  53. .Xr libarchive 3 ,
  54. .Xr archive_write 3 ,
  55. .Xr archive_write_set_options 3 ,
  56. .Xr cpio 5 ,
  57. .Xr mtree 5 ,
  58. .Xr tar 5