archive_entry_paths(3)

archive_entry_paths3

Functions for manipulating path names in archive entry descriptions

Usage

#include <archive_entry.h>

const char *

archive_entry_hardlink(struct archive_entry *a);

const wchar_t *

archive_entry_hardlink_w(struct archive_entry *a);

void

archive_entry_set_hardlink(struct archive_entry *a, const char *path);

void

archive_entry_copy_hardlink(struct archive_entry *a, const char *path);

void

archive_entry_copy_hardlink_w(struct archive_entry *a, const wchar_t *path);

int

archive_entry_update_hardlink_utf8(struct archive_entry *a, const char *path);

void

archive_entry_set_link(struct archive_entry *a, const char *path);

void

archive_entry_copy_link(struct archive_entry *a, const char *path);

void

archive_entry_copy_link_w(struct archive_entry *a, const wchar_t *path);

int

archive_entry_update_link_utf8(struct archive_entry *a, const char *path);

const char *

archive_entry_pathname(struct archive_entry *a);

const wchar_t *

archive_entry_pathname_w(struct archive_entry *a);

void

archive_entry_set_pathname(struct archive_entry *a, const char *path);

void

archive_entry_copy_pathname(struct archive_entry *a, const char *path);

void

archive_entry_copy_pathname_w(struct archive_entry *a, const wchar_t *path);

int

archive_entry_update_pathname_utf8(struct archive_entry *a, const char *path);

const char *

archive_entry_sourcepath(struct archive_entry *a);

void

archive_entry_copy_sourcepath(struct archive_entry *a, const char *path);

const char *

archive_entry_symlink(struct archive_entry *a);

const wchar_t *

archive_entry_symlink_w(struct archive_entry *a);

void

archive_entry_set_symlink(struct archive_entry *a, const char *path);

void

archive_entry_copy_symlink(struct archive_entry *a, const char *path);

void

archive_entry_copy_symlink_w(struct archive_entry *a, const wchar_t *path);

int

archive_entry_update_symlink_utf8(struct archive_entry *a, const char *path);

Library

Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)

Overview

Path names supported by archive_entry(3):

hardlink

Destination of the hardlink.

link

Update only. For a symlink, update the destination. Otherwise, make the entry a hardlink and alter the destination for that.

pathname

Path in the archive

sourcepath

Path on the disk for use by archive_read_disk(3).

symlink

Destination of the symbolic link.

Path names can be provided in one of three different ways:

char *

Multibyte strings in the current locale.

wchar_t *

Wide character strings in the current locale. The accessor functions are named XXX_w().

UTF-8

Unicode strings encoded as UTF-8. These are convenience functions to update both the multibyte and wide character strings at the same time.

The sourcepath is a pure filesystem concept and never stored in an archive directly.

For that reason, it is only available as multibyte string. The link path is a convenience function for conditionally setting hardlink or symlink destination. It doesn't have a corresponding get accessor function.

archive_entry_set_XXX() is an alias for archive_entry_copy_XXX().

Releases

8 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 7–8
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 11–13
  5. Arch

From libarchive 3.8.11-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.