ARCHIVE_READ_NEW(3)

NAME
archive_read_new - functions for reading streaming archives

LIBRARY
Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)

SYNOPSIS
#include <archive.h>
struct archive *
archive_read_new(void);

DESCRIPTION
Allocates and initializes a struct archive object suitable for reading from an archive. NULL is returned on error.

A complete description of the struct archive object can be found in the overview manual page for libarchive(3).

SEE ALSO
tar(1), archive_read_data(3), archive_read_filter(3), archive_read_format(3), archive_read_set_options(3), archive_util(3), libarchive(3), tar(5)