archive_write_filter(3)

archive_write_filter3

Functions enabling output filters

Usage

#include <archive.h>
int
archive_write_add_filter_b64encode(struct archive *);
int
archive_write_add_filter_bzip2(struct archive *);
int
archive_write_add_filter_compress(struct archive *);
int
archive_write_add_filter_grzip(struct archive *);
int
archive_write_add_filter_gzip(struct archive *);
int
archive_write_add_filter_lrzip(struct archive *);
int
archive_write_add_filter_lz4(struct archive *);
int
archive_write_add_filter_lzip(struct archive *);
int
archive_write_add_filter_lzma(struct archive *);
int
archive_write_add_filter_lzop(struct archive *);
int
archive_write_add_filter_none(struct archive *);
int
archive_write_add_filter_program(struct archive *, const char * cmd);
int
archive_write_add_filter_uuencode(struct archive *);
int
archive_write_add_filter_xz(struct archive *);
int
archive_write_add_filter_zstd(struct archive *);

Library

Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)

Overview

archive_write_add_filter_bzip2(),

archive_write_add_filter_compress(), archive_write_add_filter_grzip(), archive_write_add_filter_gzip(), archive_write_add_filter_lrzip(), archive_write_add_filter_lz4(), archive_write_add_filter_lzip(), archive_write_add_filter_lzma(), archive_write_add_filter_lzop(), archive_write_add_filter_xz(), archive_write_add_filter_zstd(), The resulting archive will be compressed as specified. Note that the compressed output is always properly blocked.

archive_write_add_filter_b64encode(),

archive_write_add_filter_uuencode(), The output will be encoded as specified. The encoded output is always properly blocked.

archive_write_add_filter_none()

This is never necessary. It is provided only for backwards compatibility.

archive_write_add_filter_program()

The archive will be fed into the specified compression program. The output of that program is blocked and written to the client write callbacks.

Return values

These functions return ARCHIVE_OK on success, or ARCHIVE_FATAL.

Errors

Detailed error codes and textual descriptions are available from the archive_errno() and archive_error_string() functions.

Releases

Unchanged in 32 releases since macOS 12.0.1.

  1. 12.0.1–26.5

From libarchive 167.120.3 in macOS 26.5. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.