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diff --git a/archivers/libarchive/files/doc/text/archive_write_data.3.txt b/archivers/libarchive/files/doc/text/archive_write_data.3.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..69f4282cabc --- /dev/null +++ b/archivers/libarchive/files/doc/text/archive_write_data.3.txt @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +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 |