NAME¶

archive_write_set_format, archive_write_set_format_7zip, archive_write_set_format_ar, archive_write_set_format_ar_bsd, archive_write_set_format_ar_svr4, archive_write_set_format_by_name, archive_write_set_format_cpio, archive_write_set_format_cpio_newc, archive_write_set_format_filter_by_ext, archive_write_set_format_filter_by_ext_def, archive_write_set_format_gnutar, archive_write_set_format_iso9660, archive_write_set_format_mtree, archive_write_set_format_mtree_classic, archive_write_set_format_mtree_default, archive_write_set_format_pax, archive_write_set_format_pax_restricted, archive_write_set_format_raw, archive_write_set_format_shar, archive_write_set_format_shar_dump, archive_write_set_format_ustar, archive_write_set_format_v7tar, archive_write_set_format_warc, archive_write_set_format_xar, archive_write_set_format_zip — functions for creating archives

LIBRARY¶

Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <archive.h>

int
archive_write_set_format(struct archive *, int code);

int
archive_write_set_format_7zip(struct archive *);

int
archive_write_set_format_ar(struct archive *);

int
archive_write_set_format_ar_bsd(struct archive *);

int
archive_write_set_format_ar_svr4(struct archive *);

int
archive_write_set_format_by_name(struct archive *, const char *name);

int
archive_write_set_format_cpio(struct archive *);

int
archive_write_set_format_cpio_newc(struct archive *);

int
archive_write_set_format_filter_by_ext(struct archive *, const char *filename);

int
archive_write_set_format_filter_by_ext_def(struct archive *, const char *filename, const char *def_ext);

int
archive_write_set_format_gnutar(struct archive *);

int
archive_write_set_format_iso9660(struct archive *);

int
archive_write_set_format_mtree(struct archive *);

int
archive_write_set_format_pax(struct archive *);

int
archive_write_set_format_pax_restricted(struct archive *);

int
archive_write_set_format_raw(struct archive *);

int
archive_write_set_format_shar(struct archive *);

int
archive_write_set_format_shar_dump(struct archive *);

int
archive_write_set_format_ustar(struct archive *);

int
archive_write_set_format_v7tar(struct archive *);

int
archive_write_set_format_warc(struct archive *);

int
archive_write_set_format_xar(struct archive *);

int
archive_write_set_format_zip(struct archive *);

DESCRIPTION¶

These functions set the format that will be used for the archive.

The library can write a variety of common archive formats.

archive_write_set_format()

Sets the format based on the format code (see archive.h for the full list of format codes). In particular, this can be used in conjunction with archive_format() to create a new archive with the same format as an existing archive.

archive_write_set_format_by_name()

Sets the corresponding format based on the common name.

archive_write_set_format_filter_by_ext(), archive_write_set_format_filter_by_ext_def()

Sets both filters and format based on the output filename. Supported extensions: .7z, .zip, .jar, .cpio, .iso, .a, .ar, .tar, .tgz, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, .tar.xz

archive_write_set_format_7zip() archive_write_set_format_ar_bsd(), archive_write_set_format_ar_svr4(), archive_write_set_format_cpio() archive_write_set_format_cpio_newc() archive_write_set_format_gnutar() archive_write_set_format_iso9660() archive_write_set_format_mtree() archive_write_set_format_mtree_classic() archive_write_set_format_pax() archive_write_set_format_pax_restricted() archive_write_set_format_raw() archive_write_set_format_shar() archive_write_set_format_shar_dump() archive_write_set_format_ustar() archive_write_set_format_v7tar() archive_write_set_format_warc() archive_write_set_format_xar() archive_write_set_format_zip()

Set the format as specified. More details on the formats supported by libarchive can be found in the libarchive-formats(5) manual page.

RETURN VALUES¶

These functions return ARCHIVE_OK on success, or ARCHIVE_FATAL.

ERRORS¶

Detailed error codes and textual descriptions are available from the archive_errno() and archive_error_string() functions.

SEE ALSO¶

tar(1), archive_write(3), archive_write_set_options(3), libarchive(3), cpio(5), libarchive-formats(5), mtree(5), tar(5)