tar_block_write(3)

tar_block_write3

Macros to call read and write functions for the correct tar archive type

Part of tar_block_read(3).

Usage

#include <libtar.h>

int tar_block_read(TAR *t, char *buf);

int tar_block_write(TAR *t, char *buf);

Version

This man page documents version 1.2 of libtar.

Overview

The tar_block_read() and tar_block_write() macros call the read and write functions for the tar archive type associated with the TAR handle t. This type is set when the TAR handle is created using tar_open().

Return value

These macros return the same values as the corresponding read and write functions.

From libtar 1.2.20-8 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.