archive_write_set_passphrase(3)

archive_write_set_passphrase3

Functions for writing encrypted archives

Usage

#include <archive.h>

int

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

int

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

Library

Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)

Overview

archive_write_set_passphrase()

Set a passphrase for writing 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_write_set_passphrase_callback()

Register a callback function that will be invoked to get a passphrase for encryption if the passphrase was not set by the archive_write_set_passphrase() function.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 9–10
  2. 11–12
  3. 13–Arch

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