Manpages - archive_write_header.3

Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)

Build and write a header using the data in the provided

structure. See

for information on creating and populating

objects.

This function returns

on success, or one of the following on error:

for operations that might succeed if retried,

for unusual conditions that do not prevent further operations, and

for serious errors that make remaining operations impossible.

Detailed error codes and textual descriptions are available from the

and

functions.