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archive_read_new

ARCHIVE_READ_NEW(3)					   BSD Library Functions Manual 				       ARCHIVE_READ_NEW(3)

NAME

     archive_read_new -- functions for reading streaming archives

LIBRARY

     Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <archive.h>

     struct archive *
     archive_read_new(void);

DESCRIPTION

     Allocates and initializes a struct archive object suitable for reading from an archive.  NULL is returned on error.

     A complete description of the struct archive object can be found in the overview manual page for libarchive(3).

SEE ALSO

     tar(1), libarchive(3), archive_read_data(3), archive_read_filter(3), archive_read_format(3), archive_read_set_options(3), archive_util(3),
     tar(5)

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