ARCHIVE_WRITE_NEW(3)	 BSD Library Functions Manual	  ARCHIVE_WRITE_NEW(3)

NAME
     archive_write_new -- functions for creating archives

LIBRARY
     Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <archive.h>

     struct archive *
     archive_write_new(void);

DESCRIPTION
     Allocates and initializes a struct archive object suitable for writing a
     tar archive.  NULL is returned on error.

     A complete description of the struct archive object can be found in the
     overview manual page for libarchive(3).

SEE ALSO
     tar(1), archive_write(3), archive_write_set_options(3), libarchive(3),
     cpio(5), mtree(5), tar(5)

BSD			       February 2, 2012 			   BSD
