.TH ARCHIVE_READ_HEADER 3 "February 2, 2012" ""
.SH NAME
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\fB\%archive_read_next_header\fP,
\fB\%archive_read_next_header2\fP
\- functions for reading streaming archives
.SH LIBRARY
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Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fB#include <archive.h>\fP
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\fIint\fP
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\fB\%archive_read_next_header\fP(\fI\%struct\ archive\ *\fP, \fI\%struct\ archive_entry\ **\fP);
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\fIint\fP
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\fB\%archive_read_next_header2\fP(\fI\%struct\ archive\ *\fP, \fI\%struct\ archive_entry\ *\fP);
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.RS 5
.TP
\fB\%archive_read_next_header\fP()
Read the header for the next entry and return a pointer to
a
Tn struct archive_entry.
This is a convenience wrapper around
\fB\%archive_read_next_header2\fP()
that reuses an internal
Tn struct archive_entry
object for each request.
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\fB\%archive_read_next_header2\fP()
Read the header for the next entry and populate the provided
Tn struct archive_entry.
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.SH RETURN VALUES
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These functions return
\fBARCHIVE_OK\fP
(the operation succeeded),
\fBARCHIVE_WARN\fP
(the operation succeeded but a non-critical error was encountered),
\fBARCHIVE_EOF\fP
(end-of-archive was encountered),
\fBARCHIVE_RETRY\fP
(the operation failed but can be retried),
and
\fBARCHIVE_FATAL\fP
(there was a fatal error; the archive should be closed immediately).
.SH ERRORS
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Detailed error codes and textual descriptions are available from the
\fB\%archive_errno\fP()
and
\fB\%archive_error_string\fP()
functions.
.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBtar\fP(1),
\fBarchive_read\fP(3),
\fBarchive_read_data\fP(3),
\fBarchive_read_extract\fP(3),
\fBarchive_read_filter\fP(3),
\fBarchive_read_format\fP(3),
\fBarchive_read_open\fP(3),
\fBarchive_read_set_options\fP(3),
\fBarchive_util\fP(3),
\fBlibarchive\fP(3),
\fBtar\fP(5)