ARCHIVE_WRITE_FREE(3) manual page 
== NAME == 
'''archive_write_fail''', 
'''archive_write_close''', 
'''archive_write_finish''', 
'''archive_write_free''' 
- functions for creating archives 
== LIBRARY == 
Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive) 
== SYNOPSIS == 
'''<nowiki>#include <archive.h></nowiki>''' 
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''int'' 
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'''archive_write_fail'''(''struct archive *''); 
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''int'' 
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'''archive_write_close'''(''struct archive *''); 
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''int'' 
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'''archive_write_finish'''(''struct archive *''); 
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''int'' 
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'''archive_write_free'''(''struct archive *''); 
== DESCRIPTION == 
<dl> 
<dt>'''archive_write_fail'''()</dt><dd> 
Always returns 
'''ARCHIVE_FATAL'''. 
This marks the archive object as being unusable; 
after calling this function, the only call that can succeed is 
'''archive_write_free'''() 
to release the resources. 
This can be used to speed recovery when the archive creation 
must be aborted. 
Note that the created archive is likely to be malformed in this case; 
</dd><dt>'''archive_write_close'''()</dt><dd> 
Complete the archive and invoke the close callback. 
</dd><dt>'''archive_write_finish'''()</dt><dd> 
This is a deprecated synonym for 
'''archive_write_free'''(). 
</dd><dt>'''archive_write_free'''()</dt><dd> 
Invokes 
'''archive_write_close'''() 
if necessary, then releases all resources. 
If you need detailed information about 
'''archive_write_close'''() 
failures, you should be careful to call it separately, as 
you cannot obtain error information after 
'''archive_write_free'''() 
returns. 
</dd></dl> 
== 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 == 
[[ManPageBsdtar1]], 
[[ManPageArchiveWriteSetOptions3]], 
[[ManPageLibarchive3]], 
[[ManPageCpio5]], 
[[ManPageMtree5]], 
[[ManPageTar5]]