ARCHIVE_READ_NEW(3)

✨ NAME ✨

archive_read_new — bestie, this is the function for reading streaming archives 💖

📚 LIBRARY

Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive) 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <archive.h>

struct archive *
archive_read_new(void);

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so. archive_read_new allocates and initializes a struct archive object, and this one is specifically built for reading from an archive. it's giving "setup first, drama later." ✨

and if something goes wrong? NULL is returned. no cap, that's your error signal, bestie. 😭

if you want the whole lore on what a struct archive object actually is, the overview manual page for libarchive(3) has you covered. go read it, it's iconic 👑

🦋 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)

and that's the whole page, babe 🫶 this one came from Debian, dated February 2, 2012 — vintage but still absolutely slaying 💜