ARCHIVE_WRITE_NEW(3) Library Functions Manual ARCHIVE_WRITE_NEW(3)
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) GNU February 2, 2012 ARCHIVE_WRITE_NEW(3)