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authorRoman Neuhauser <neuhauser@sigpipe.cz>2011-03-28 05:17:40 -0400
committerRoman Neuhauser <neuhauser@sigpipe.cz>2011-03-28 05:17:40 -0400
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archive_write_data.3: archive_write_data man page
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.Dt archive_write 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
-.Nm archive_write_data ,
.Nm archive_write_finish_entry ,
.Nm archive_write_close ,
.Nm archive_write_finish ,
@@ -36,8 +35,6 @@
.Nd functions for creating archives
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In archive.h
-.Ft ssize_t
-.Fn archive_write_data "struct archive *" "const void *" "size_t"
.Ft int
.Fn archive_write_finish_entry "struct archive *"
.Ft int
@@ -74,14 +71,13 @@ See
.\"
.Ss Produce archive
See
-.Xr archive_write_header 3 .
+.Xr archive_write_header 3
+and
+.Xr archive_write_data 3 .
.Pp
The following summary describes the functions in approximately
the order they are ordinarily used:
.Bl -tag -width indent
-.It Fn archive_write_data
-Write data corresponding to the header just written.
-Returns number of bytes written or -1 on error.
.It Fn archive_write_finish_entry
Close out the entry just written.
In particular, this writes out the final padding required by some formats.
@@ -294,14 +290,6 @@ and
.Fn archive_error_string
functions can be used to retrieve an appropriate error code and a
textual error message.
-.Pp
-.Fn archive_write_data
-returns a count of the number of bytes actually written.
-On error, -1 is returned and the
-.Fn archive_errno
-and
-.Fn 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
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+.\" Copyright (c) 2003-2011 Tim Kientzle
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" $FreeBSD: head/lib/libarchive/archive_write.3 201110 2009-12-28 03:31:29Z kientzle $
+.\"
+.Dd March 23, 2011
+.Dt archive_write 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm archive_write_data
+.Nd functions for creating archives
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In archive.h
+.Ft ssize_t
+.Fn archive_write_data "struct archive *" "const void *" "size_t"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+Write data corresponding to the header just written.
+.\" .Sh EXAMPLE
+.\"
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+This function returns the number of bytes actually written, or
+.Li -1
+on error.
+.Pp
+Detailed error codes and textual descriptions are available from the
+.Fn archive_errno
+and
+.Fn archive_error_string
+functions.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr tar 1 ,
+.Xr libarchive 3 ,
+.Xr archive_write_set_options 3 ,
+.Xr cpio 5 ,
+.Xr mtree 5 ,
+.Xr tar 5