Manual Pages  — ARCHIVE_ENTRY_STAT

#include <archive_entry.h>

The function archive_entry_stat() converts the various fields stored in the archive entry to the format used by stat(2). The return value remains valid until either archive_entry_clear() or archive_entry_free() is called. It is not affected by calls to the set accessor functions. It currently sets the following values in struct stat: st_atime, st_ctime, st_dev, st_gid, st_ino, st_mode, st_mtime, st_nlink, st_rdev, st_size, st_uid. In addition, st_birthtime and high-precision information for time-related fields will be included on platforms that support it.

The function archive_entry_copy_stat() copies fields from the platform's struct stat. Fields not provided by struct stat are unchanged.

The functions archive_entry_filetype() and archive_entry_set_filetype() get respectively set the filetype. The file type is one of the following constants:

AE_IFREG	Regular file
AE_IFLNK	Symbolic link
AE_IFSOCK
	Socket
AE_IFCHR	Character device
AE_IFBLK	Block device
AE_IFDIR	Directory
AE_IFIFO	Named pipe (fifo)

Not all file types are supported by all platforms. The constants used by stat(2) may have different numeric values from the corresponding constants above.

The functions archive_entry_mode() and archive_entry_set_mode() get/set a combination of file type and permissions and provide the equivalent of st_mode. Use of archive_entry_filetype() and archive_entry_perm() for getting and archive_entry_set_filetype() and archive_entry_set_perm() for setting is recommended.

The function archive_entry_size() returns the file size, if it has been set, and 0 otherwise. archive_entry_size() can be used to query that status. archive_entry_set_size() and archive_entry_unset_size() set and unset the size, respectively.

The number of references (hardlinks) can be obtained by calling archive_entry_nlink() and set with archive_entry_set_nlink().

The functions archive_entry_dev() and archive_entry_ino64() are used by archive_entry_linkify(3) to find hardlinks. The pair of device and inode is supposed to identify hardlinked files.

The device major and minor number can be obtained independently using archive_entry_devmajor() and archive_entry_devminor(). The device can be set either via archive_entry_set_dev() or by the combination of major and minor number using archive_entry_set_devmajor() and archive_entry_set_devminor().

The inode number can be obtained using archive_entry_ino(). This is a legacy interface that uses the platform ino_t, which may be very small. To set the inode number, archive_entry_set_ino64() is the preferred interface.

stat(2), archive_entry_acl(3), archive_entry_perms(3), archive_entry_time(3), libarchive(3)