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.Dd February 2, 2012 .Dt ARCHIVE_WRITE_FREE 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm archive_write_fail , .Nm archive_write_close , .Nm archive_write_finish , .Nm archive_write_free .Nd functions for creating archives .Sh LIBRARY Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive) .Sh SYNOPSIS n archive.h .Ft int .Fn archive_write_fail "struct archive *" .Ft int .Fn archive_write_close "struct archive *" .Ft int .Fn archive_write_finish "struct archive *" .Ft int .Fn archive_write_free "struct archive *" .Sh DESCRIPTION l -tag -width indent t Fn archive_write_fail Always returns .Cm ARCHIVE_FATAL . This marks the archive object as being unusable; after calling this function, the only call that can succeed is .Fn 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; t Fn archive_write_close Complete the archive and invoke the close callback. t Fn archive_write_finish This is a deprecated synonym for .Fn archive_write_free . t Fn archive_write_free Invokes .Fn archive_write_close if necessary, then releases all resources. If you need detailed information about .Fn archive_write_close failures, you should be careful to call it separately, as you cannot obtain error information after .Fn archive_write_free returns. .El .Sh EXAMPLE
.Sh RETURN VALUES These functions return .Cm ARCHIVE_OK on success, or .Cm ARCHIVE_FATAL .
.Sh ERRORS 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 archive_write_set_options 3 , .Xr libarchive 3 , .Xr cpio 5 , .Xr mtree 5 , .Xr tar 5