archive_read_add_passphrase(3)

archive_read_add_passphrase3

Functions for reading encrypted archives

Usage

#include <archive.h>

int

archive_read_add_passphrase(struct archive *, const char *passphrase);

int

archive_read_set_passphrase_callback(struct archive *, void *client_data, archive_passphrase_callback *);

Library

Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)

Overview

archive_read_add_passphrase()

Register passphrases for reading an encrypted archive. If passphrase is NULL or empty, this function will do nothing and ARCHIVE_FAILED will be returned. Otherwise, ARCHIVE_OK will be returned.

archive_read_set_passphrase_callback()

Register a callback function that will be invoked to get a passphrase for decryption after trying all the passphrases registered by the archive_read_add_passphrase() function failed.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 9–10
  2. 11–12
  3. 13
  4. Arch

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