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th_read(3) C Library Calls th_read(3) NAME th_read, th_write - read and write a file header block from a tar ar- chive SYNOPSIS #include <libtar.h> int th_read(TAR *t); int th_write(TAR *t); VERSION This man page documents version 1.2 of libtar. DESCRIPTION The th_read() function reads the next block from the tar archive asso- ciated with the TAR handle t. It then sets the current tar header as- sociated with t to the contents of the block read. The th_write() function writes the contents of the current tar header associated with t to the tar archive associated with t. RETURN VALUE On successful completion, th_read() and th_write() will return 0. On failure, they will return -1 and set errno to an appropriate value. On EOF, th_read() will return 1. ERRORS th_read() and th_write() will fail if: EINVAL Less than T_BLOCKSIZE blocks were read or written. SEE ALSO tar_block_read(3), tar_block_write(3) University of Illinois Jan 2001 th_read(3)
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