NAME

       archive_write_new — functions for creating archives

LIBRARY

       Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <archive.h>

       struct archive *
       archive_write_new(void);

DESCRIPTION

       Allocates  and  initializes a struct archive object suitable for writing a tar 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), archive_write(3), archive_write_set_options(3), libarchive(3), cpio(5), mtree(5), tar(5)

Debian                                          February 2, 2012                            ARCHIVE_WRITE_NEW(3)