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+.\" This file is part of GNU tar. -*- nroff -*-
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+.\" Copyright 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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+.\"
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+.\" GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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+.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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+.\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
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+.\" (at your option) any later version.
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+.\"
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+.\" GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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+.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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+.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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+.\" GNU General Public License for more details.
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+.\"
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+.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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+.\" along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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+.TH TAR 1 "January 27, 2014" "TAR" "GNU TAR Manual"
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+.SH NAME
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+tar \- an archiving utility
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+.SH SYNOPSIS
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+.SS Traditional usage
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+\fBtar\fR {\fBA\fR|\fBc\fR|\fBd\fR|\fBr\fR|\fBt\fR|\fBu\fR|\fBx\fR}\
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+[\fBGnSkUWOmpsMBiajJzZhPlRvwo\fR] [\fIARG\fR...]
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+.SS UNIX-style usage
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+.sp
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+\fBtar\fR \fB\-A\fR [\fIOPTIONS\fR] \fIARCHIVE\fR \fIARCHIVE\fR
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+.sp
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+\fBtar\fR \fB\-c\fR [\fB\-f\fR \fIARCHIVE\fR] [\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIFILE\fR...]
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+.sp
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+\fBtar\fR \fB\-d\fR [\fB\-f\fR \fIARCHIVE\fR] [\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIFILE\fR...]
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+.sp
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+\fBtar\fR \fB\-t\fR [\fB\-f\fR \fIARCHIVE\fR] [\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIMEMBER\fR...]
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+.sp
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+\fBtar\fR \fB\-r\fR [\fB\-f\fR \fIARCHIVE\fR] [\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIFILE\fR...]
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+.sp
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+\fBtar\fR \fB\-u\fR [\fB\-f\fR \fIARCHIVE\fR] [\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIFILE\fR...]
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+.sp
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+\fBtar\fR \fB\-x\fR [\fB\-f\fR \fIARCHIVE\fR] [\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIMEMBER\fR...]
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+.SS GNU-style usage
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+.sp
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+\fBtar\fR {\fB\-\-catenate\fR|\fB\-\-concatenate} [\fIOPTIONS\fR] \fIARCHIVE\fR \fIARCHIVE\fR
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+.sp
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+\fBtar\fR \fB\-\-create\fR [\fB\-\-file\fR \fIARCHIVE\fR] [\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIFILE\fR...]
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+.sp
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+\fBtar\fR {\fB\-\-diff\fR|\fB\-\-compare\fR} [\fB\-\-file\fR \fIARCHIVE\fR] [\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIFILE\fR...]
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+.sp
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+\fBtar\fR \fB\-\-delete\fR [\fB\-\-file\fR \fIARCHIVE\fR] [\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIMEMBER\fR...]
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+.sp
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+\fBtar\fR \fB\-\-append\fR [\fB\-f\fR \fIARCHIVE\fR] [\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIFILE\fR...]
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+.sp
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+\fBtar\fR \fB\-\-list\fR [\fB\-f\fR \fIARCHIVE\fR] [\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIMEMBER\fR...]
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+.sp
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+\fBtar\fR \fB\-\-test\-label\fR [\fB\-\-file\fR \fIARCHIVE\fR] [\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fILABEL\fR...]
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+.sp
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+\fBtar\fR \fB\-\-update\fR [\fB\-\-file\fR \fIARCHIVE\fR] [\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIFILE\fR...]
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+.sp
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+\fBtar\fR \fB\-\-update\fR [\fB\-f\fR \fIARCHIVE\fR] [\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIFILE\fR...]
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+.sp
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+\fBtar\fR {\fB\-\-extract\fR|\fB\-\-get\fR} [\fB\-f\fR \fIARCHIVE\fR] [\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIMEMBER\fR...]
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+.SH NOTE
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+This manpage is a short description of GNU \fBtar\fR. For a detailed
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+discussion, including examples and usage recommendations, refer to the
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+\fBGNU Tar Manual\fR available in texinfo format. If the \fBinfo\fR
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+reader and the tar documentation are properly installed on your
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+system, the command
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+.PP
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+.RS +4
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+.B info tar
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+.RE
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+.PP
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+should give you access to the complete manual.
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+.PP
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+You can also view the manual using the info mode in
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+.BR emacs (1),
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+or find it in various formats online at
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+.PP
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+.RS +4
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+.B http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual
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+.RE
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+.PP
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+If any discrepancies occur between this manpage and the
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+\fBGNU Tar Manual\fR, the later shall be considered the authoritative
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+source.
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+.SH DESCRIPTION
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+GNU
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+.B tar
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+is an archiving program designed to store multiple files in a single
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+file (an \fBarchive\fR), and to manipulate such archives. The archive
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+can be either a regular file or a device (e.g. a tape drive, hence the name
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+of the program, which stands for \fBt\fRape \fBar\fRchiver), which can
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+be located either on the local or on a remote machine.
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+.PP
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+
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+.SS Option styles
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+Options to GNU \fBtar\fR can be given in three different styles.
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+In
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+.BR "traditional style" ,
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+the first argument is a cluster of option letters and all subsequent
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+arguments supply arguments to those options that require them. The
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+arguments are read in the same order as the option letters. Any
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+command line words that remain after all options has been processed
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+are treated as non-optional arguments: file or archive member names.
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+.PP
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+For example, the \fBc\fR option requires creating the archive, the
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+\fBv\fR option requests the verbose operation, and the \fBf\fR option
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+takes an argument that sets the name of the archive to operate upon.
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+The following command, written in the traditional style, instructs tar
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+to store all files from the directory
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+.B /etc
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+into the archive file
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+.B etc.tar
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+verbosely listing the files being archived:
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+.PP
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+.EX
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+.B tar cfv a.tar /etc
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+.EE
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+.PP
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+In
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+.BR "UNIX " or " short-option style" ,
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+each option letter is prefixed with a single dash, as in other command
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+line utilities. If an option takes argument, the argument follows it,
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+either as a separate command line word, or immediately following the
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+option. However, if the option takes an \fBoptional\fR argument, the
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+argument must follow the option letter without any intervening
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+whitespace, as in \fB\-g/tmp/snar.db\fR.
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+.PP
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+Any number of options not taking arguments can be
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+clustered together after a single dash, e.g. \fB\-vkp\fR. Options
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+that take arguments (whether mandatory or optional), can appear at
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+the end of such a cluster, e.g. \fB\-vkpf a.tar\fR.
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+.PP
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+The example command above written in the
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+.B short-option style
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+could look like:
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+.PP
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+.EX
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+.B tar -cvf a.tar /etc
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+or
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+.B tar -c -v -f a.tar /etc
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+.EE
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+.PP
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+In
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+.BR "GNU " or " long-option style" ,
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+each option begins with two dashes and has a meaningful name,
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+consisting of lower-case letters and dashes. When used, the long
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+option can be abbreviated to its initial letters, provided that
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+this does not create ambiguity. Arguments to long options are
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+supplied either as a separate command line word, immediately following
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+the option, or separated from the option by an equals sign with no
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+intervening whitespace. Optional arguments must always use the latter
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+method.
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+.PP
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+Here are several ways of writing the example command in this style:
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+.PP
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+.EX
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+.B tar --create --file a.tar --verbose /etc
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+.EE
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+or (abbreviating some options):
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+.EX
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+.B tar --cre --file=a.tar --verb /etc
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+.EE
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+.PP
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+The options in all three styles can be intermixed, although doing so
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+with old options is not encouraged.
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+.SS Operation mode
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+The options listed in the table below tell GNU \fBtar\fR what
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+operation it is to perform. Exactly one of them must be given.
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+Meaning of non-optional arguments depends on the operation mode
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+requested.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-A\fR, \fB\-\-catenate\fR, \fB\-\-concatenate\fR
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+Append archive to the end of another archive. The arguments are
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+treated as the names of archives to append. All archives must be of
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+the same format as the archive they are appended to, otherwise the
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+resulting archive might be unusable with non-GNU implementations of
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+\fBtar\fR. Notice also that when more than one archive is given, the
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+members from archives other than the first one will be accessible in
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+the resulting archive only if using the \fB\-i\fR
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+(\fB\-\-ignore\-zeros) option.
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+
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+Compressed archives cannot be concatenated.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-create\fR
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+Create a new archive. Arguments supply the names of the files to be
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+archived. Directories are archived recursively, unless the
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+\fB\-\-no\-recursion\fR option is given.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-diff\fR, \fB\-\-compare\fR
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+Find differences between archive and file system. The arguments are
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+optional and specify archive members to compare. If not given, the
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+current working directory is assumed.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-delete\fR
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+Delete from the archive. The arguments supply names of the archive
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+members to be removed. At least one argument must be given.
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+
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+This option does not operate on compressed archives. There is no
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+short option equivalent.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-append\fR
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+Append files to the end of an archive. Arguments have the same
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+meaning as for \fB\-c\fR (\fB\-\-create).
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+.TP
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+\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-list\fR
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+List the contents of an archive. Arguments are optional. When given,
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+they specify the names of the members to list.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-test\-label
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+Test the archive volume label and exit. When used without arguments,
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+it prints the volume label (if any) and exits with status \fB0\fR.
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+When one or more command line arguments are given.
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+.B tar
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+compares the volume label with each argument. It exits with code
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+\fB0\fR if a match is found, and with code \fB1\fR otherwise. No
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+output is displayed, unless used together with the \fB\-v\fR
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+(\fB\-\-verbose\fR) option.
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+
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+There is no short option equivalent for this option.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-update\fR
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+Append files which are newer than the corresponding copy in the
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+archive. Arguments have the same meaning as with \fB\-c\fR and
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+\fB\-r\fR options.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-extract\fR, \fB\-\-get\fR
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+Extract files from an archive. Arguments are optional. When given,
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+they specify names of the archive members to be extracted.
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+.TP
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-show\-defaults\fR
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+Show built-in defaults for various \fBtar\fR options and exit. No
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+arguments are allowed.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-?\fR, \fB\-\-help
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+Display a short option summary and exit. No arguments allowed.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-usage\fR
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+Display a list of available options and exit. No arguments allowed.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-version\fR
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+Print program version and copyright information and exit.
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+.SH OPTIONS
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+.SS Operation modifiers
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-check\-device\fR
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+Check device numbers when creating incremental archives (default).
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+.TP
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+\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-listed\-incremental\fR=\fIFILE\fR
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+Handle new GNU-format incremental backups. \fIFILE\fR is the name of
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+a \fBsnapshot file\fR, where tar stores additional information which
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+is used to decide which files changed since the previous incremental
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+dump and, consequently, must be dumped again. If \fIFILE\fR does not
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+exist when creating an archive, it will be created and all files will
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+be added to the resulting archive (the \fBlevel 0\fR dump). To create
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+incremental archives of non-zero level \fBN\fR, create a copy of the
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+snapshot file created during the level \fBN-1\fR, and use it as
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+\fIFILE\fR.
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+
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+When listing or extracting, the actual contents of \fIFILE\fR is not
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+inspected, it is needed only due to syntactical requirements. It is
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+therefore common practice to use \fB/dev/null\fR in its place.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-G\fR, \fB\-\-incremental\fR
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+Handle old GNU-format incremental backups.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-ignore\-failed\-read\fR
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+Do not exit with nonzero on unreadable files.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-level\fR=\fINUMBER\fR
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+Set dump level for created listed-incremental archive. Currently only
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+\fB\-\-level=0\fR is meaningful: it instructs \fBtar\fR to truncate
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+the snapshot file before dumping, thereby forcing a level 0 dump.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-seek\fR
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+Assume the archive is seekable. Normally \fBtar\fR determines
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+automatically whether the archive can be seeked or not. This option
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+is intended for use in cases when such recognition fails. It takes
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+effect only if the archive is open for reading (e.g. with
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+.B \-\-list
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+or
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+.B \-\-extract
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+options).
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-no\-check\-device\fR
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+Do not check device numbers when creating incremental archives.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-no\-seek\fR
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+Assume the archive is not seekable.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-occurrence\fR[=\fIN\fR]
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+Process only the \fIN\fRth occurrence of each file in the
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+archive. This option is valid only when used with one of the
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+following subcommands: \fB\-\-delete\fR, \fB\-\-diff\fR,
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+\fB\-\-extract\fR or \fB\-\-list\fR and when a list of files is given
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+either on the command line or via the \fB\-\fRT option. The default
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+\fIN\fR is \fB1\fR.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-restrict\fR
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+Disable the use of some potentially harmful options.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-sparse\-version\fR=\fIMAJOR\fR[.\fIMINOR\fR]
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+Set version of the sparse format to use (implies \fB\-\-sparse\fR).
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+This option implies
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+.BR \-\-sparse .
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+Valid argument values are
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+.BR 0.0 ,
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+.BR 0.1 ", and"
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+.BR 1.0 .
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+For a detailed discussion of sparse formats, refer to the \fBGNU Tar
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+Manual\fR, appendix \fBD\fR, "\fBSparse Formats\fR". Using \fBinfo\fR
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+reader, it can be accessed running the following command:
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+.BR "info tar 'Sparse Formats'" .
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+.TP
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+\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-sparse\fR
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+Handle sparse files efficiently. Some files in the file system may
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+have segments which were actually never written (quite often these are
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+database files created by such systems as \fBDBM\fR). When given this
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+option, \fBtar\fR attempts to determine if the file is sparse prior to
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+archiving it, and if so, to reduce the resulting archive size by not
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+dumping empty parts of the file.
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+.SS Overwrite control
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+These options control \fBtar\fR actions when extracting a file over
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+an existing copy on disk.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-keep\-old\-files\fR
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+Don't replace existing files when extracting.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-keep\-newer\-files\fR
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+Don't replace existing files that are newer than their archive copies.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-no\-overwrite\-dir\fR
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+Preserve metadata of existing directories.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-overwrite\fR
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+Overwrite existing files when extracting.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-overwrite\-dir\fR
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+Overwrite metadata of existing directories when extracting (default).
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-recursive\-unlink\fR
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+Recursively remove all files in the directory prior to extracting it.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-remove\-files\fR
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+Remove files from disk after adding them to the archive.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-U\fR, \fB\-\-unlink\-first\fR
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+Remove each file prior to extracting over it.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-W\fR, \fB\-\-verify\fR
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+Verify the archive after writing it.
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+.SS Output stream selection
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-ignore\-command\-error\fR
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+.TP
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+Ignore subprocess exit codes.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-no\-ignore\-command\-error\fR
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+Treat non-zero exit codes of children as error (default).
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|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-O\fR, \fB\-\-to\-stdout\fR
|
|
|
+Extract files to standard output.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-to\-command\fR=\fICOMMAND\fR
|
|
|
+Pipe extracted files to \fICOMMAND\fR. The argument is the pathname
|
|
|
+of an external program, optionally with command line arguments. The
|
|
|
+program will be invoked and the contents of the file being extracted
|
|
|
+supplied to it on its standard output. Additional data will be
|
|
|
+supplied via the following environment variables:
|
|
|
+.RS
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_FILETYPE
|
|
|
+Type of the file. It is a single letter with the following meaning:
|
|
|
+.sp
|
|
|
+.nf
|
|
|
+.ta 8n 20n
|
|
|
+ f Regular file
|
|
|
+ d Directory
|
|
|
+ l Symbolic link
|
|
|
+ h Hard link
|
|
|
+ b Block device
|
|
|
+ c Character device
|
|
|
+.fi
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+Currently only regular files are supported.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_MODE
|
|
|
+File mode, an octal number.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_FILENAME
|
|
|
+The name of the file.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_REALNAME
|
|
|
+Name of the file as stored in the archive.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_UNAME
|
|
|
+Name of the file owner.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_GNAME
|
|
|
+Name of the file owner group.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_ATIME
|
|
|
+Time of last access. It is a decimal number, representing seconds
|
|
|
+since the Epoch. If the archive provides times with nanosecond
|
|
|
+precision, the nanoseconds are appended to the timestamp after a
|
|
|
+decimal point.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_MTIME
|
|
|
+Time of last modification.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_CTIME
|
|
|
+Time of last status change.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_SIZE
|
|
|
+Size of the file.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_UID
|
|
|
+UID of the file owner.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_GID
|
|
|
+GID of the file owner.
|
|
|
+.RE
|
|
|
+.RS
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+Additionally, the following variables contain information about
|
|
|
+\fBtar\fR operation mode and the archive being processed:
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_VERSION
|
|
|
+GNU \fBtar\fR version number.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_ARCHIVE
|
|
|
+The name of the archive \fBtar\fR is processing.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_BLOCKING_FACTOR
|
|
|
+Current blocking factor, i.e. number of 512-byte blocks in a record.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_VOLUME
|
|
|
+Ordinal number of the volume \fBtar\fR is processing (set if
|
|
|
+reading a multi-volume archive).
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_FORMAT
|
|
|
+Format of the archive being processed. One of:
|
|
|
+.BR gnu ,
|
|
|
+.BR oldgnu ,
|
|
|
+.BR posix ,
|
|
|
+.BR ustar ,
|
|
|
+.BR v7 .
|
|
|
+.B TAR_SUBCOMMAND
|
|
|
+A short option (with a leading dash) describing the operation \fBtar\fR is
|
|
|
+executing.
|
|
|
+.RE
|
|
|
+.SS Handling of file attributes
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-atime\-preserve\fR[=\fIMETHOD\fR]
|
|
|
+Preserve access times on dumped files, either by restoring the times
|
|
|
+after reading (\fIMETHOD\fR=\fBreplace\fR, this is the default) or by
|
|
|
+not setting the times in the first place (\fIMETHOD\fR=\fBsystem\fR)
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-delay\-directory\-restore\fR
|
|
|
+Delay setting modification times and permissions of extracted
|
|
|
+directories until the end of extraction. Use this option when
|
|
|
+extracting from an archive which has unusual member ordering.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-group\fR=\fINAME\fR
|
|
|
+Force \fINAME\fR as group for added files.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-mode\fR=\fICHANGES\fR
|
|
|
+Force symbolic mode \fICHANGES\fR for added files.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-mtime\fR=\fIDATE-OR-FILE\fR
|
|
|
+Set mtime for added files. \fIDATE-OR-FILE\fR is either a date/time
|
|
|
+in almost arbitrary formate, or the name of an existing file. In the
|
|
|
+latter case the mtime of that file will be used.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-touch\fR
|
|
|
+Don't extract file modified time.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-no\-delay\-directory\-restore\fR
|
|
|
+Cancel the effect of the prior \fB\-\-delay\-directory\-restore\fR option.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-no\-same\-owner\fR
|
|
|
+Extract files as yourself (default for ordinary users).
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-no\-same\-permissions\fR
|
|
|
+Apply the user's umask when extracting permissions from the archive
|
|
|
+(default for ordinary users).
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-numeric\-owner\fR
|
|
|
+Always use numbers for user/group names.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-owner\fR=\fINAME\fR
|
|
|
+Force \fINAME\fR as owner for added files.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-preserve\-permissions\fR, \fB\-\-same\-permissions\fR
|
|
|
+extract information about file permissions (default for superuser)
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-preserve\fR
|
|
|
+Same as both \fB\-p\fR and \fB\-s\fR.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-same\-owner\fR
|
|
|
+Try extracting files with the same ownership as exists in the archive
|
|
|
+(default for superuser).
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-preserve\-order\fR, \fB\-\-same\-order\fR
|
|
|
+Sort names to extract to match archive
|
|
|
+.SS Device selection and switching
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-file\fR=\fIARCHIVE\fR
|
|
|
+Use archive file or device \fIARCHIVE\fR. If this option is not
|
|
|
+given, \fBtar\fR will first examine the environment variable `TAPE'.
|
|
|
+If it is set, its value will be used as the archive name. Otherwise,
|
|
|
+\fBtar\fR will assume the compiled-in default. The default
|
|
|
+value can be inspected either using the
|
|
|
+.B \-\-show\-defaults
|
|
|
+option, or at the end of the \fBtar \-\-help\fR output.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+An archive name that has a colon in it specifies a file or device on a
|
|
|
+remote machine. The part before the colon is taken as the machine
|
|
|
+name or IP address, and the part after it as the file or device
|
|
|
+pathname, e.g.:
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+.EX
|
|
|
+--file=remotehost:/dev/sr0
|
|
|
+.EE
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+An optional username can be prefixed to the hostname, placing a \fB@\fR
|
|
|
+sign between them.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+By default, the remote host is accessed via the
|
|
|
+.BR rsh (1)
|
|
|
+command. Nowadays it is common to use
|
|
|
+.BR ssh (1)
|
|
|
+instead. You can do so by giving the following command line option:
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+.EX
|
|
|
+--rsh-command=/usr/bin/ssh
|
|
|
+.EE
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+The remote mashine should have the
|
|
|
+.BR rmt (8)
|
|
|
+command installed. If its pathname does not match \fBtar\fR's
|
|
|
+default, you can inform \fBtar\fR about the correct pathname using the
|
|
|
+.B \-\-rmt\-command
|
|
|
+option.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-force\-local\fR
|
|
|
+Archive file is local even if it has a colon.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\fRF, \fB\-\-info\-script\fR=\fICOMMAND\fR, \fB\-\-new\-volume\-script\fR=\fICOMMAND\fR
|
|
|
+Run \fICOMMAND\fR at the end of each tape (implies \fB\-M\fR). The
|
|
|
+command can include arguments. When started, it will inherit \fBtar\fR's
|
|
|
+environment plus the following variables:
|
|
|
+.RS
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_VERSION
|
|
|
+GNU \fBtar\fR version number.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_ARCHIVE
|
|
|
+The name of the archive \fBtar\fR is processing.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_BLOCKING_FACTOR
|
|
|
+Current blocking factor, i.e. number of 512-byte blocks in a record.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_VOLUME
|
|
|
+Ordinal number of the volume \fBtar\fR is processing (set if
|
|
|
+reading a multi-volume archive).
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_FORMAT
|
|
|
+Format of the archive being processed. One of:
|
|
|
+.BR gnu ,
|
|
|
+.BR oldgnu ,
|
|
|
+.BR posix ,
|
|
|
+.BR ustar ,
|
|
|
+.BR v7 .
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_SUBCOMMAND
|
|
|
+A short option (with a leading dash) describing the operation \fBtar\fR is
|
|
|
+executing.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B TAR_FD
|
|
|
+File descriptor which can be used to communicate the new volume name
|
|
|
+to
|
|
|
+.BR tar .
|
|
|
+.RE
|
|
|
+.RS
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+If the info script fails, \fBtar\fR exits; otherwise, it begins writing
|
|
|
+the next volume.
|
|
|
+.RE
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-tape\-length\fR=\fN\fR
|
|
|
+Change tape after writing \fIN\fRx1024 bytes. If \fIN\fR is followed
|
|
|
+by a size suffix (see the subsection
|
|
|
+.B Size suffixes
|
|
|
+below), the suffix specifies the multiplicative factor to be used
|
|
|
+instead of 1024.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+This option implies
|
|
|
+.BR \-M .
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-multi\-volume\fR
|
|
|
+Create/list/extract multi-volume archive.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-rmt\-command\fR=\fICOMMAND\fR
|
|
|
+Use \fICOMMAND\fR instead of \fBrmt\fR when accessing remote
|
|
|
+archives. See the description of the
|
|
|
+.B \-f
|
|
|
+option, above.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-rsh\-command\fR=\fICOMMAND\fR
|
|
|
+Use \fICOMMAND\fR instead of \fBrsh\fR when accessing remote
|
|
|
+archives. See the description of the
|
|
|
+.B \-f
|
|
|
+option, above.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-volno\-file\fR=\fIFILE\fR
|
|
|
+When this option is used in conjunction with
|
|
|
+.BR \-\-multi\-volume ,
|
|
|
+.B tar
|
|
|
+will keep track of which volume of a multi-volume archive it is
|
|
|
+working in \fIFILE\fR.
|
|
|
+.SS Device blocking
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-blocking\-factor\fR=\fIBLOCKS\fR
|
|
|
+Set record size to \fIBLOCKS\fRx\fB512\fR bytes.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-read\-full\-records\fR
|
|
|
+When listing or extracting, accept incomplete input records after
|
|
|
+end-of-file marker.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-zeros\fR
|
|
|
+Ignore zeroed blocks in archive. Normally two consecutive 512-blocks
|
|
|
+filled with zeroes mean EOF and tar stops reading after encountering
|
|
|
+them. This option instructs it to read further and is useful when
|
|
|
+reading archives created with the \fB\-A\fR option.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-record\-size\fR=\fINUMBER\fR
|
|
|
+Set record size. \fINUMBER\fR is the number of bytes per record. It
|
|
|
+must be multiple of \fB512\fR. It can can be suffixed with a \fBsize
|
|
|
+suffix\fR, e.g. \fB\-\-record-size=10K\fR, for 10 Kilobytes. See the
|
|
|
+subsection
|
|
|
+.BR "Size suffixes" ,
|
|
|
+for a list of valid suffixes.
|
|
|
+.SS Archive format selection
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-H\fR, \fB\-\-format\fR=\fIFORMAT\fR
|
|
|
+Create archive of the given format. Valid formats are:
|
|
|
+.RS
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B gnu
|
|
|
+GNU tar 1.13.x format
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B oldgnu
|
|
|
+GNU format as per tar <= 1.12.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fBpax\fR, \fBposix\fR
|
|
|
+POSIX 1003.1-2001 (pax) format.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B ustar
|
|
|
+POSIX 1003.1-1988 (ustar) format.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.B v7
|
|
|
+Old V7 tar format.
|
|
|
+.RE
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-old\-archive\fR, \fB\-\-portability\fR
|
|
|
+Same as \fB\-\-format=v7\fR.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-pax\-option\fR=\fIkeyword\fR[[:]=\fIvalue\fR][,\fIkeyword\fR[[:]=\fIvalue\fR]]...
|
|
|
+Control pax keywords when creating \fBPAX\fR archives (\fB\-H
|
|
|
+pax\fR). This option is equivalent to the \fB\-o\fR option of the
|
|
|
+.BR pax (1) utility.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-posix\fR
|
|
|
+Same as \fB\-\-format=posix\fR.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-label\fR=\fITEXT\fR
|
|
|
+Create archive with volume name \fITEXT\fR. If listing or extracting,
|
|
|
+use \fITEXT\fR as a globbing pattern for volume name.
|
|
|
+.SS Compression options
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-auto\-compress\fR
|
|
|
+Use archive suffix to determine the compression program.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\fRI, \fB\-\-use\-compress\-program\fI=\fICOMMAND\fR
|
|
|
+Filter data through \fICOMMAND\fR. It must accept the \fB\-d\fR
|
|
|
+option, for decompression. The argument can contain command line
|
|
|
+options.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-j\fR, \fB\-\-bzip2\fR
|
|
|
+Filter the archive through
|
|
|
+.BR bzip2 (1).
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-J\fR, \fB\-\-xz\fR
|
|
|
+Filter the archive through
|
|
|
+.BR xz (1).
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-lzip\fR
|
|
|
+Filter the archive through
|
|
|
+.BR lzip (1).
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-lzma\fR
|
|
|
+Filter the archive through
|
|
|
+.BR lzma (1).
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-lzop\fR
|
|
|
+Filter the archive through
|
|
|
+.BR lzop (1).
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-no\-auto\-compress\fR
|
|
|
+Do not use archive suffix to determine the compression program.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-z\fR, \fB\-\-gzip\fR, \fB\-\-gunzip\fR, \fB\-\-ungzip\fR
|
|
|
+Filter the archive through
|
|
|
+.BR gzip (1).
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\fRZ, \fB\-\-compress\fR, \fB\-\-uncompress\fR
|
|
|
+Filter the archive through
|
|
|
+.BR compress (1).
|
|
|
+.SS Local file selection
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-add\-file\fR=\fIFILE\fR
|
|
|
+Add \fIFILE\fR to the archive (useful if its name starts with a dash).
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-backup\fR[=\fICONTROL\fR]
|
|
|
+Backup before removal. The \fICONTROL\fR argument, if supplied,
|
|
|
+controls the backup policy. Its valid values are:
|
|
|
+.RS
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.BR none ", " off
|
|
|
+Never make backups.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.BR t ", " numbered
|
|
|
+Make numbered backups.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.BR nil ", " existing
|
|
|
+Make numbered backups if numbered backups exist, simple backups otherwise.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+.BR never ", " simple
|
|
|
+Always make simple backups
|
|
|
+.RS
|
|
|
+.RE
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+If \fICONTROL\fR is not given, the value is taken from the
|
|
|
+.B VERSION_CONTROL
|
|
|
+environment variable. If it is not set, \fBexisting\fR is assumed.
|
|
|
+.RE
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-C\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR=\fIDIR\fR
|
|
|
+Change to directory DIR.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-exclude\fR=\fIPATTERN\fR
|
|
|
+Exclude files matching \fIPATTERN\fR, a
|
|
|
+.BR glob (3)-style
|
|
|
+wildcard pattern.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-exclude\-backups\fR
|
|
|
+Exclude backup and lock files.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-exclude\-caches\fR
|
|
|
+Exclude contents of directories containing file \fBCACHEDIR.TAG\fR,
|
|
|
+except for the tag file itself.
|
|
|
+.TP
|
|
|
+\fB\-\-exclude\-caches\-all\fR
|
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+Exclude directories containing file \fBCACHEDIR.TAG\fR and the file itself.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-exclude\-caches\-under\fR
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+Exclude everything under directories containing \fBCACHEDIR.TAG\fR
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-exclude\-tag\fR=\fIFILE\fR
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+Exclude contents of directories containing \fIFILE\fR, except for
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+\fIFILE\fR itself.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-exclude\-tag\-all\fR=\fIFILE\fR
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+Exclude directories containing \fIFILE\fR.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-exclude\-tag\-under\fR=\fIFILE\fR
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+Exclude everything under directories containing \fIFILE\fR.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-exclude\-vcs\fR
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+Exclude version control system directories.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-dereference\fR
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+Follow symlinks; archive and dump the files they point to.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-hard\-dereference\fR
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+Follow hard links; archive and dump the files they refer to.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-K\fR, \fB\-\-starting\-file\fR=\fIMEMBER\fR
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+Begin at the given member in the archive.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-newer\-mtime\fR=\fIDATE\fR
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+Work on files whose data changed after the \fIDATE\fR. If \fIDATE\fR
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+starts with \fB/\fR or \fB.\fR it is taken to be a file name; the
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+mtime of that file is used as the date.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-no\-null\fR
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+Disable the effect of the previous \fB\-\-null\fR option.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-no\-recursion\fR
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+Avoid descending automatically in directories.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-no\-unquote\fR
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+Do not unquote filenames read with \fB\-T\fR.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-null\fR
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+Instruct subsequent \fB\-T\fR options to read null-terminated names,
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+disable handling of the \fB\-C\fR option read from the file.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-N\fR, \fB\-\-newer\fR=\fIDATE\fR, \fB\-\-after\-date\fR=\fIDATE\fR
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+Only store files newer than DATE. If \fIDATE\fR starts with \fB/\fR
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+or \fB.\fR it is taken to be a file name; the ctime of that file is
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+used as the date.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-one\-file\-system\fR
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+Stay in local file system when creating archive.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-absolute\-names\fR
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+Don't strip leading slashes from file names when creating archives.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-recursion\fR
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+Recurse into directories (default).
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-suffix\fR=\fISTRING\fR
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+Backup before removal, override usual suffix. Default suffix is \fB~\fR,
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+unless overridden by environment variable \fBSIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX\fR.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-files\-from\fR=\fIFILE\fR
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+Get names to extract or create from \fIFILE\fR.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-unquote\fR
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+Unquote filenames read with \fB\-T\fR (default).
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+.TP
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+\fB\-X\fR, \fB\-\-exclude\-from\fR=\fIFILE\fR
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+Exclude files matching patterns listed in FILE.
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+.SS File name transformations
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-strip\-components\fR=\fINUMBER\fR
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+Strip \fINUMBER\fR leading components from file names on extraction.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-transform\fR=\fIEXPRESSION\dR, \fB\-\-xform\fR=\fIEXPRESSION\fR
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+Use sed replace \fIEXPRESSION\fR to transform file names.
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+.SS File name matching options
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+These options affect both exclude and include patterns.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-anchored\fR
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+Patterns match file name start.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-ignore\-case\fR
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+Ignore case.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-no\-anchored\fR
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+Patterns match after any \fB/\fR (default for exclusion).
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-no\-ignore\-case\fR
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+Case sensitive matching (default).
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-no\-wildcards\fR
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+Verbatim string matching.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-no\-wildcards\-match\-slash\fR
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+Wildcards do not match \fB/\fR.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-wildcards\fR
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+Use wildcards (default for exclusion).
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-wildcards\-match\-slash\fR
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+Wildcards match \fB/\fR (default for exclusion).
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+.SS Informative output
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-checkpoint\fR[=\fIN\fR]
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+Display progress messages every \fIN\fRth record (default 10).
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-checkpoint\-action\fR=\fIACTION\fR
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+Run \fIACTION\fR on each checkpoint.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-full\-time\fR
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+Print file time to its full resolution.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-index\-file\fR=\fIFILE\fR
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+Send verbose output to \fIFILE\fR.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-check\-links\fR
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+Print a message if not all links are dumped.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-no\-quote\-chars\fR=\fISTRING\fR
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+Disable quoting for characters from \fISTRING\fR.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-quote\-chars\fR=\fISTRING\fR
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+Additionally quote characters from \fISTRING\fR.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-quoting\-style\fR=\fISTYLE\fR
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+Set quoting style for file and member names. Valid values for
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+\fISTYLE\fR are
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+.BR literal ,
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+.BR shell ,
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+.BR shell-always ,
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+.BR c ,
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+.BR c-maybe ,
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+.BR escape ,
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+.BR locale ,
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+.BR clocale .
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+.TP
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+\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-block\-number\fR
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+Show block number within archive with each message.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-show\-omitted\-dirs\fR
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+When listing or extracting, list each directory that does not match
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+search criteria.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-show\-transformed\-names\fR, \fB\-\-show\-stored\-names\fR
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+Show file or archive names after transformation by \fB\-\-strip\fR and
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+\fB\-\-transform\fR options.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-totals\fR[=\fISIGNAL\fR]
|
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+Print total bytes after processing the archive. If \fISIGNAL\fR is
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+given, print total bytes when this signal is delivered. Allowed
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+signals are:
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+.BR SIGHUP ,
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+.BR SIGQUIT ,
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+.BR SIGINT ,
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+.BR SIGUSR1 ", and"
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+.BR SIGUSR2 .
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+The \fBSIG\fR prefix can be omitted.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-utc\fR
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+Print file modification times in UTC.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
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+Verbosely list files processed.
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+.TP
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+\fB\-\-warning\fR=\fIKEYWORD\fR
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+Enable or disable warning messages identified by \fIKEYWORD\fR. The
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+messages are suppressed if \fIKEYWORD\fR is prefixed with \fBno\-\fR
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+and enabled otherwise.
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+
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+Multiple \fB\-\-warning\fR messages accumulate.
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+
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+Keywords controlling general \fBtar\fR operation:
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+.RS
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+.TP
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+.B all
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+Enable all warning messages. This is the default.
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+.TP
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+.B none
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+Disable all warning messages.
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+.TP
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+.B filename-with-nuls
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+"%s: file name read contains nul character"
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+.TP
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+.B alone-zero-block
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+"A lone zero block at %s"
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+.HP
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+Keywords applicable for \fBtar --create\fR:
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+.TP
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+.B cachedir
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+"%s: contains a cache directory tag %s; %s"
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+.TP
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+.B file-shrank
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+"%s: File shrank by %s bytes; padding with zeros"
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+.TP
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+.B xdev
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+"%s: file is on a different filesystem; not dumped"
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+.TP
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+.B file-ignored
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+"%s: Unknown file type; file ignored"
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+.br
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+"%s: socket ignored"
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+.br
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+"%s: door ignored"
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+.TP
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+.B file-unchanged
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+"%s: file is unchanged; not dumped"
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+.TP
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+.B ignore-archive
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+"%s: file is the archive; not dumped"
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+.TP
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+.B file-removed
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+"%s: File removed before we read it"
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+.TP
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+.B file-changed
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+"%s: file changed as we read it"
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+.HP
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+Keywords applicable for \fBtar --extract\fR:
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+.TP
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+.B timestamp
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+"%s: implausibly old time stamp %s"
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+.br
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+"%s: time stamp %s is %s s in the future"
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+.TP
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+.B contiguous-cast
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+"Extracting contiguous files as regular files"
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+.TP
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+.B symlink-cast
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+"Attempting extraction of symbolic links as hard links"
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+.TP
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+.B unknown-cast
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+"%s: Unknown file type '%c', extracted as normal file"
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+.TP
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+.B ignore-newer
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+"Current %s is newer or same age"
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+.TP
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+.B unknown-keyword
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+"Ignoring unknown extended header keyword '%s'"
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+.TP
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+.B decompress-program
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+Controls verbose description of failures occurring when trying to run
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|
+alternative decompressor programs. This warning is disabled by
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+default (unless \fB\-\-verbose\fR is used). A common example of what
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+you can get when using this warning is:
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+
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+.EX
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+$ \fBtar --warning=decompress-program -x -f archive.Z
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+tar (child): cannot run compress: No such file or directory
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+tar (child): trying gzip
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+.EE
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+
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+This means that \fBtar\fR first tried to decompress
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+\fBarchive.Z\fR using \fBcompress\fR, and, when that
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+failed, switched to \fBgzip\fR.
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+.TP
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+.B record-size
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+"Record size = %lu blocks"
|
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+.HP
|
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+Keywords controlling incremental extraction:
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+.TP
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+.B rename-directory
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+"%s: Directory has been renamed from %s"
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+.br
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+"%s: Directory has been renamed"
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+.TP
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+.B new-directory
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+"%s: Directory is new"
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+.TP
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+.B xdev
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+"%s: directory is on a different device: not purging"
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+.TP
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+.B bad-dumpdir
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+"Malformed dumpdir: 'X' never used"
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+.RE
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+.TP
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+\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-interactive\fR, \fB\-\-confirmation\fR
|
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+Ask for confirmation for every action.
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+.SS Compatibility options
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+.TP
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+\fB\-o\fR
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+When creating, same as \fB\-\-old\-archive\fR. When extracting, same
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+as \fB\-\-no\-same\-owner\fR.
|
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+.SS Size suffixes
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+.sp
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+.nf
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+.ta 8n 18n 42n
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+.ul
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+ Suffix Units Byte Equivalent
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+ b Blocks \fISIZE\fR x 512
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+ B Kilobytes \fISIZE\fR x 1024
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+ c Bytes \fISIZE\fR
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+ G Gigabytes \fISIZE\fR x 1024^3
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+ K Kilobytes \fISIZE\fR x 1024
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+ k Kilobytes \fISIZE\fR x 1024
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+ M Megabytes \fISIZE\fR x 1024^2
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+ P Petabytes \fISIZE\fR x 1024^5
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+ T Terabytes \fISIZE\fR x 1024^4
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+ w Words \fISIZE\fR x 2
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+.fi
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+.PP
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+.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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+Tar exit code indicates whether it was able to successfully perform
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+the requested operation, and if not, what kind of error occurred.
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+.TP
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+.B 0
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+Successful termination.
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+.TP
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+.B 1
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+.I Some files differ.
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+If tar was invoked with the \fB\-\-compare\fR (\fB\-\-diff\fR, \fB\-d\fR)
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+command line option, this means that some files in the archive differ
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+from their disk counterparts. If tar was given one of the \fB\-\-create\fR,
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+\fB\-\-append\fR or \fB\-\-update\fR options, this exit code means
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+that some files were changed while being archived and so the resulting
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+archive does not contain the exact copy of the file set.
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+.TP
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+.B 2
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+.I Fatal error.
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+This means that some fatal, unrecoverable error occurred.
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+.PP
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+If a subprocess that had been invoked by
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+.B tar
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+exited with a nonzero exit code,
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+.B tar
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+itself exits with that code as well. This can happen, for example, if
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+a compression option (e.g. \fB\-z\fR) was used and the external
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+compressor program failed. Another example is
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+.B rmt
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+failure during backup to a remote device.
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+.SH "SEE ALSO"
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+.BR bzip2 (1),
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+.BR compress (1),
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+.BR gzip (1),
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+.BR lzma (1),
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+.BR lzop (1),
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+.BR rmt (8),
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+.BR symlink (7),
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+.BR tar (5),
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+.BR xz (1).
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+.PP
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+Complete \fBtar\fR manual: run
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+.B info tar
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+or use
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+.BR emacs (1)
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+info mode to read it.
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+.PP
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+Online copies of \fBGNU tar\fR documentation in various formats can be
|
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+found at:
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+.PP
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+.in +4
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+.B http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual
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+.SH "BUG REPORTS"
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+Report bugs to <bug\[email protected]>.
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+.SH COPYRIGHT
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+Copyright \(co 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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+.br
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+.na
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+License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
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+.br
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+.ad
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+This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
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+There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
|
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+.\" Local variables:
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+.\" eval: (add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'time-stamp)
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+.\" time-stamp-start: ".TH [A-Z_][A-Z0-9_.\\-]* [0-9] \""
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+.\" time-stamp-format: "%:B %:d, %:y"
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+.\" time-stamp-end: "\""
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+.\" time-stamp-line-limit: 20
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+.\" end:
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+
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