ARCHIVE_WRITE_HEADER(3) manual page 
== NAME == 
'''archive_write_header''' 
- functions for creating archives 
== LIBRARY == 
Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive) 
== SYNOPSIS == 
'''<nowiki>#include <archive.h></nowiki>''' 
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''int'' 
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'''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 
[[ManPageArchiveEntry3]] 
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 operations impossible. 
== ERRORS == 
Detailed error codes and textual descriptions are available from the 
'''archive_errno'''() 
and 
'''archive_error_string'''() 
functions. 
== SEE ALSO == 
[[ManPageBsdtar1]], 
[[ManPageArchiveWriteSetOptions3]], 
[[ManPageLibarchive3]], 
[[ManPageCpio5]], 
[[ManPageMtree5]], 
[[ManPageTar5]] 
