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NAME
     archive_write_set_format_cpio, archive_write_set_format_pax,
     archive_write_set_format_pax_restricted, archive_write_set_format_shar,
     archive_write_set_format_shar_dump, archive_write_set_format_ustar --
     functions for creating archives

LIBRARY
     Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <archive.h>

     int
     archive_write_set_format_cpio(struct archive *);

     int
     archive_write_set_format_pax(struct archive *);

     int
     archive_write_set_format_pax_restricted(struct archive *);

     int
     archive_write_set_format_shar(struct archive *);

     int
     archive_write_set_format_shar_dump(struct archive *);

     int
     archive_write_set_format_ustar(struct archive *);

DESCRIPTION
     These functions set the format that will be used for the archive.

     The library can write POSIX octet-oriented cpio format archives, POSIX-
     standard ``pax interchange'' format archives, traditional ``shar'' ar-
     chives, enhanced ``dump'' shar archives that store a variety of file
     attributes and handle binary files, and POSIX-standard ``ustar'' ar-
     chives.  The pax interchange format is a backwards-compatible tar format
     that adds key/value attributes to each entry and supports arbitrary file-
     names, linknames, uids, sizes, etc.  ``Restricted pax interchange
     format'' is the library default; this is the same as pax format, but sup-
     presses the pax extended header for most normal files.  In most cases,
     this will result in ordinary ustar archives.

RETURN VALUES
     These functions return ARCHIVE_OK on success, or ARCHIVE_FATAL.

ERRORS
     Detailed error codes and textual descriptions are available from the
     archive_errno() and archive_error_string() functions.

SEE ALSO
     tar(1), libarchive(3), archive_write(3), archive_write_set_options(3),
     cpio(5), mtree(5), tar(5)

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