archive_write_data(3) BSD Library Functions Manual archive_write_data(3)
NAME
archive_write_data -- functions for creating archives
LIBRARY
Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)
SYNOPSIS
#include <archive.h>
la_ssize_t
archive_write_data(struct archive *, const void *, size_t);
DESCRIPTION
Write data corresponding to the header just written.
RETURN VALUES
This function returns the number of bytes actually written, or a negative
error code on error.
ERRORS
Detailed error codes and textual descriptions are available from the
archive_errno() and archive_error_string() functions.
BUGS
In libarchive 3.x, this function sometimes returns zero on success
instead of returning the number of bytes written. Specifically, this
occurs when writing to an archive_write_disk handle. Clients should
treat any value less than zero as an error and consider any non-negative
value as success.
SEE ALSO
tar(1), libarchive(3), archive_write_finish_entry(3),
archive_write_set_options(3), cpio(5), mtree(5), tar(5)
BSD February 2, 2012 BSD
libarchive 3.2.1 - Generated Sat Jun 25 15:35:30 CDT 2016