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ARCHIVE_WRITE_HEADER(3) 				   BSD Library Functions Manual 				   ARCHIVE_WRITE_HEADER(3)

NAME
     archive_write_header -- functions for creating archives

LIBRARY
     Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <archive.h>

     int
     archive_write_header(struct archive *, struct archive_entry *);

DESCRIPTION
     Build and write a header using the data in the provided struct archive_entry structure.  See archive_entry(3) for information on creating and
     populating struct archive_entry objects.

RETURN VALUES
     This function returns ARCHIVE_OK on success, or one of the following on error: ARCHIVE_RETRY for operations that might succeed if retried,
     ARCHIVE_WARN for unusual conditions that do not prevent further operations, and ARCHIVE_FATAL for serious errors that make remaining opera-
     tions impossible.

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_set_options(3), cpio(5), mtree(5), tar(5)

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								 February 2, 2012							       BSD