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author | joerg <joerg@pkgsrc.org> | 2008-02-26 13:09:20 +0000 |
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committer | joerg <joerg@pkgsrc.org> | 2008-02-26 13:09:20 +0000 |
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Import libarchive-2.4.13. This brings a number of bugfixes, support for
more ZIP archives and a more complete cpio frontend.
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diff --git a/archivers/libarchive/files/doc/text/archive_write.3 b/archivers/libarchive/files/doc/text/archive_write.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a16d36419bd --- /dev/null +++ b/archivers/libarchive/files/doc/text/archive_write.3 @@ -0,0 +1,420 @@ +archive_write(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual archive_write(3) + +NAME + archive_write_new, archive_write_set_format_cpio, + archive_write_set_format_pax, archive_write_set_format_pax_restricted, + archive_write_set_format_shar, archive_write_set_format_shar_binary, + archive_write_set_format_ustar, archive_write_get_bytes_per_block, + archive_write_set_bytes_per_block, archive_write_set_bytes_in_last_block, + archive_write_set_compression_bzip2, archive_write_set_compression_gzip, + archive_write_set_compression_none, + archive_write_set_compression_program, archive_write_open, + archive_write_open_fd, archive_write_open_FILE, + archive_write_open_filename, archive_write_open_memory, + archive_write_header, archive_write_data, archive_write_finish_entry, + archive_write_close, archive_write_finish -- functions for creating ar- + chives + +SYNOPSIS + #include <archive.h> + + struct archive * + archive_write_new(void); + + int + archive_write_get_bytes_per_block(struct archive *); + + int + archive_write_set_bytes_per_block(struct archive *, int bytes_per_block); + + int + archive_write_set_bytes_in_last_block(struct archive *, int); + + int + archive_write_set_compression_bzip2(struct archive *); + + int + archive_write_set_compression_gzip(struct archive *); + + int + archive_write_set_compression_none(struct archive *); + + int + archive_write_set_compression_program(struct archive *, + const char * cmd); + + int + archive_write_set_format_cpio(struct archive *); + + int + archive_write_set_format_pax(struct archive *); + + int + archive_write_set_format_pax_restricted(struct archive *); + + int + archive_write_set_format_shar(struct archive *); + + int + archive_write_set_format_shar_binary(struct archive *); + + int + archive_write_set_format_ustar(struct archive *); + + int + archive_write_open(struct archive *, void *client_data, + archive_open_callback *, archive_write_callback *, + archive_close_callback *); + + int + archive_write_open_fd(struct archive *, int fd); + + int + archive_write_open_FILE(struct archive *, FILE *file); + + int + archive_write_open_filename(struct archive *, const char *filename); + + int + archive_write_open_memory(struct archive *, void *buffer, + size_t bufferSize, size_t *outUsed); + + int + archive_write_header(struct archive *, struct archive_entry *); + + ssize_t + archive_write_data(struct archive *, const void *, size_t); + + int + archive_write_finish_entry(struct archive *); + + int + archive_write_close(struct archive *); + + int + archive_write_finish(struct archive *); + +DESCRIPTION + These functions provide a complete API for creating streaming archive + files. The general process is to first create the struct archive object, + set any desired options, initialize the archive, append entries, then + close the archive and release all resources. The following summary + describes the functions in approximately the order they are ordinarily + used: + + archive_write_new() + Allocates and initializes a struct archive object suitable for + writing a tar archive. + + archive_write_set_bytes_per_block() + Sets the block size used for writing the archive data. Every + call to the write callback function, except possibly the last + one, will use this value for the length. The third parameter is + a boolean that specifies whether or not the final block written + will be padded to the full block size. If it is zero, the last + block will not be padded. If it is non-zero, padding will be + added both before and after compression. The default is to use a + block size of 10240 bytes and to pad the last block. Note that a + block size of zero will suppress internal blocking and cause + writes to be sent directly to the write callback as they occur. + + archive_write_get_bytes_per_block() + Retrieve the block size to be used for writing. A value of -1 + here indicates that the library should use default values. A + value of zero indicates that internal blocking is suppressed. + + archive_write_set_bytes_in_last_block() + Sets the block size used for writing the last block. If this + value is zero, the last block will be padded to the same size as + the other blocks. Otherwise, the final block will be padded to a + multiple of this size. In particular, setting it to 1 will cause + the final block to not be padded. For compressed output, any + padding generated by this option is applied only after the com- + pression. The uncompressed data is always unpadded. The default + is to pad the last block to the full block size (note that + archive_write_open_filename() will set this based on the file + type). Unlike the other ``set'' functions, this function can be + called after the archive is opened. + + archive_write_get_bytes_in_last_block() + Retrieve the currently-set value for last block size. A value of + -1 here indicates that the library should use default values. + + archive_write_set_format_cpio(), archive_write_set_format_pax(), + archive_write_set_format_pax_restricted(), + archive_write_set_format_shar(), + archive_write_set_format_shar_binary(), + archive_write_set_format_ustar() + Sets the format that will be used for the archive. The library + can write POSIX octet-oriented cpio format archives, POSIX-stan- + dard ``pax interchange'' format archives, traditional ``shar'' + archives, enhanced ``binary'' shar archives that store a variety + of file attributes and handle binary files, and POSIX-standard + ``ustar'' archives. The pax interchange format is a backwards- + compatible tar format that adds key/value attributes to each + entry and supports arbitrary filenames, linknames, uids, sizes, + etc. ``Restricted pax interchange format'' is the library + default; this is the same as pax format, but suppresses the pax + extended header for most normal files. In most cases, this will + result in ordinary ustar archives. + + archive_write_set_compression_bzip2(), + archive_write_set_compression_gzip(), + archive_write_set_compression_none() + The resulting archive will be compressed as specified. Note that + the compressed output is always properly blocked. + + archive_write_set_compression_program() + The archive will be fed into the specified compression program. + The output of that program is blocked and written to the client + write callbacks. + + archive_write_open() + Freeze the settings, open the archive, and prepare for writing + entries. This is the most generic form of this function, which + accepts pointers to three callback functions which will be + invoked by the compression layer to write the constructed ar- + chive. + + archive_write_open_fd() + A convenience form of archive_write_open() that accepts a file + descriptor. The archive_write_open_fd() function is safe for use + with tape drives or other block-oriented devices. + + archive_write_open_FILE() + A convenience form of archive_write_open() that accepts a FILE * + pointer. Note that archive_write_open_FILE() is not safe for + writing to tape drives or other devices that require correct + blocking. + + archive_write_open_file() + A deprecated synonym for archive_write_open_filename(). + + archive_write_open_filename() + A convenience form of archive_write_open() that accepts a file- + name. A NULL argument indicates that the output should be writ- + ten to standard output; an argument of ``-'' will open a file + with that name. If you have not invoked + archive_write_set_bytes_in_last_block(), then + archive_write_open_filename() will adjust the last-block padding + depending on the file: it will enable padding when writing to + standard output or to a character or block device node, it will + disable padding otherwise. You can override this by manually + invoking archive_write_set_bytes_in_last_block() before calling + archive_write_open(). The archive_write_open_filename() function + is safe for use with tape drives or other block-oriented devices. + + archive_write_open_memory() + A convenience form of archive_write_open() that accepts a pointer + to a block of memory that will receive the archive. The final + size_t * argument points to a variable that will be updated after + each write to reflect how much of the buffer is currently in use. + You should be careful to ensure that this variable remains allo- + cated until after the archive is closed. + + archive_write_header() + Build and write a header using the data in the provided struct + archive_entry structure. See archive_entry(3) for information on + creating and populating struct archive_entry objects. + + archive_write_data() + Write data corresponding to the header just written. Returns + number of bytes written or -1 on error. + + archive_write_finish_entry() + Close out the entry just written. In particular, this writes out + the final padding required by some formats. Ordinarily, clients + never need to call this, as it is called automatically by + archive_write_next_header() and archive_write_close() as needed. + + archive_write_close() + Complete the archive and invoke the close callback. + + archive_write_finish() + Invokes archive_write_close() if it was not invoked manually, + then releases all resources. Note that this function was + declared to return void in libarchive 1.x, which made it impossi- + ble to detect errors when archive_write_close() was invoked + implicitly from this function. This is corrected beginning with + libarchive 2.0. + More information about the struct archive object and the overall design + of the library can be found in the libarchive(3) overview. + +IMPLEMENTATION + Compression support is built-in to libarchive, which uses zlib and bzlib + to handle gzip and bzip2 compression, respectively. + +CLIENT CALLBACKS + To use this library, you will need to define and register callback func- + tions that will be invoked to write data to the resulting archive. These + functions are registered by calling archive_write_open(): + + typedef int archive_open_callback(struct archive *, void + *client_data) + + The open callback is invoked by archive_write_open(). It should return + ARCHIVE_OK if the underlying file or data source is successfully opened. + If the open fails, it should call archive_set_error() to register an + error code and message and return ARCHIVE_FATAL. + + typedef ssize_t archive_write_callback(struct archive *, void + *client_data, void *buffer, size_t length) + + The write callback is invoked whenever the library needs to write raw + bytes to the archive. For correct blocking, each call to the write call- + back function should translate into a single write(2) system call. This + is especially critical when writing archives to tape drives. On success, + the write callback should return the number of bytes actually written. + On error, the callback should invoke archive_set_error() to register an + error code and message and return -1. + + typedef int archive_close_callback(struct archive *, void + *client_data) + + The close callback is invoked by archive_close when the archive process- + ing is complete. The callback should return ARCHIVE_OK on success. On + failure, the callback should invoke archive_set_error() to register an + error code and message and return ARCHIVE_FATAL. + +EXAMPLE + The following sketch illustrates basic usage of the library. In this + example, the callback functions are simply wrappers around the standard + open(2), write(2), and close(2) system calls. + + #include <sys/stat.h> + #include <archive.h> + #include <archive_entry.h> + #include <fcntl.h> + #include <stdlib.h> + #include <unistd.h> + + struct mydata { + const char *name; + int fd; + }; + + int + myopen(struct archive *a, void *client_data) + { + struct mydata *mydata = client_data; + + mydata->fd = open(mydata->name, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 0644); + if (mydata->fd >= 0) + return (ARCHIVE_OK); + else + return (ARCHIVE_FATAL); + } + + ssize_t + mywrite(struct archive *a, void *client_data, void *buff, size_t n) + { + struct mydata *mydata = client_data; + + return (write(mydata->fd, buff, n)); + } + + int + myclose(struct archive *a, void *client_data) + { + struct mydata *mydata = client_data; + + if (mydata->fd > 0) + close(mydata->fd); + return (0); + } + + void + write_archive(const char *outname, const char **filename) + { + struct mydata *mydata = malloc(sizeof(struct mydata)); + struct archive *a; + struct archive_entry *entry; + struct stat st; + char buff[8192]; + int len; + int fd; + + a = archive_write_new(); + mydata->name = outname; + archive_write_set_compression_gzip(a); + archive_write_set_format_ustar(a); + archive_write_open(a, mydata, myopen, mywrite, myclose); + while (*filename) { + stat(*filename, &st); + entry = archive_entry_new(); + archive_entry_copy_stat(entry, &st); + archive_entry_set_pathname(entry, *filename); + archive_write_header(a, entry); + fd = open(*filename, O_RDONLY); + len = read(fd, buff, sizeof(buff)); + while ( len > 0 ) { + archive_write_data(a, buff, len); + len = read(fd, buff, sizeof(buff)); + } + archive_entry_free(entry); + filename++; + } + archive_write_finish(a); + } + + int main(int argc, const char **argv) + { + const char *outname; + argv++; + outname = argv++; + write_archive(outname, argv); + return 0; + } + +RETURN VALUES + Most functions return ARCHIVE_OK (zero) on success, or one of several + non-zero error codes for errors. Specific error codes include: + 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 impossi- + ble. The archive_errno() and archive_error_string() functions can be + used to retrieve an appropriate error code and a textual error message. + + archive_write_new() returns a pointer to a newly-allocated struct archive + object. + + archive_write_data() returns a count of the number of bytes actually + written. On error, -1 is returned and the archive_errno() and + archive_error_string() functions will return appropriate values. Note + that if the client-provided write callback function returns a non-zero + value, that error will be propagated back to the caller through whatever + API function resulted in that call, which may include + archive_write_header(), archive_write_data(), archive_write_close(), or + archive_write_finish(). The client callback can call archive_set_error() + to provide values that can then be retrieved by archive_errno() and + archive_error_string(). + +SEE ALSO + tar(1), libarchive(3), tar(5) + +HISTORY + The libarchive library first appeared in FreeBSD 5.3. + +AUTHORS + The libarchive library was written by Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org>. + +BUGS + There are many peculiar bugs in historic tar implementations that may + cause certain programs to reject archives written by this library. For + example, several historic implementations calculated header checksums + incorrectly and will thus reject valid archives; GNU tar does not fully + support pax interchange format; some old tar implementations required + specific field terminations. + + The default pax interchange format eliminates most of the historic tar + limitations and provides a generic key/value attribute facility for ven- + dor-defined extensions. One oversight in POSIX is the failure to provide + a standard attribute for large device numbers. This library uses + ``SCHILY.devminor'' and ``SCHILY.devmajor'' for device numbers that + exceed the range supported by the backwards-compatible ustar header. + These keys are compatible with Joerg Schilling's star archiver. Other + implementations may not recognize these keys and will thus be unable to + correctly restore device nodes with large device numbers from archives + created by this library. + +FreeBSD 6.0 August 19, 2006 FreeBSD 6.0 |