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25.Dd February 2, 2012
26.Dt ARCHIVE_WRITE_NEW 3
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm archive_write_new
30.Nd functions for creating archives
31.Sh LIBRARY
32Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In archive.h
35.Ft struct archive *
36.Fn archive_write_new "void"
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38Allocates and initializes a
39.Tn struct archive
40object suitable for writing a tar archive.
41.Dv NULL
42is returned on error.
43.Pp
44A complete description of the
45.Tn struct archive
46object can be found in the overview manual page for
47.Xr libarchive 3 .
48.\" .Sh ERRORS
49.Sh SEE ALSO
50.Xr tar 1 ,
51.Xr archive_write 3 ,
52.Xr archive_write_set_options 3 ,
53.Xr libarchive 3 ,
54.Xr cpio 5 ,
55.Xr mtree 5 ,
56.Xr tar 5
57