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28 .Dt ARCHIVE_WRITE_HEADER 3
31 .Nm archive_write_header
32 .Nd functions for creating archives
34 Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)
38 .Fn archive_write_header "struct archive *" "struct archive_entry *"
40 Build and write a header using the data in the provided
41 .Tn struct archive_entry
45 for information on creating and populating
46 .Tn struct archive_entry
52 on success, or one of the following on error:
54 for operations that might succeed if retried,
56 for unusual conditions that do not prevent further operations, and
58 for serious errors that make remaining operations impossible.
61 Detailed error codes and textual descriptions are available from the
64 .Fn archive_error_string
70 .Xr archive_write_set_options 3 ,