freebsd man page for archive_write_data

ARCHIVE_WRITE_DATA(3)					   BSD Library Functions Manual 				     ARCHIVE_WRITE_DATA(3)

NAME
     archive_write_data -- functions for creating archives

LIBRARY
     Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <archive.h>

     ssize_t
     archive_write_data(struct archive *, const void *, size_t);

DESCRIPTION
     Write data corresponding to the header just written.

RETURN VALUES
     This function returns the number of bytes actually written, or -1 on error.

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_finish_entry(3), archive_write_set_options(3), cpio(5), mtree(5), tar(5)

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								 February 2, 2012							       BSD