--- tar-1.13.18/tar.1.manpage Mon Oct 30 12:52:03 2000 +++ tar-1.13.18/tar.1 Mon Oct 30 12:56:15 2000 @@ -0,0 +1,336 @@ +.\" @(#)tar.1 1.13.14 2000/10/30 Bero; +.TH TAR 1 "30 October 2000" +.SH NAME +tar \- The GNU version of the tar archiving utility +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B tar +[ +.B \- +] +.B A --catenate --concatenate \||\| c --create \||\| d --diff --compare \||\| r --append \||\| t --list \||\| u --update \||\| x -extract --get +[ +.B --atime-preserve +] +[ +.B -b, --block-size N +] +[ +.B -B, --read-full-blocks +] +[ +.B -C, --directory DIR +] +[ +.B --checkpoint +] +[ +.B -f, --file [HOSTNAME:]F +] +[ +.B --force-local +] +[ +.B -F, --info-script F --new-volume-script F +] +[ +.B -G, --incremental +] +[ +.B -g, --listed-incremental F +] +[ +.B -h, --dereference +] +[ +.B -i, --ignore-zeros +] +[ +.B -j, -I, --bzip +] +[ +.B --ignore-failed-read +] +[ +.B -k, --keep-old-files +] +[ +.B -K, --starting-file F +] +[ +.B -l, --one-file-system +] +[ +.B -L, --tape-length N +] +[ +.B -m, --modification-time +] +[ +.B -M, --multi-volume +] +[ +.B -N, --after-date DATE, --newer DATE +] +[ +.B -o, --old-archive, --portability +] +[ +.B -O, --to-stdout +] +[ +.B -p, --same-permissions, --preserve-permissions +] +[ +.B -P, --absolute-paths +] +[ +.B --preserve +] +[ +.B -R, --record-number +] +[ +.B --remove-files +] +[ +.B -s, --same-order, --preserve-order +] +[ +.B --same-owner +] +[ +.B -S, --sparse +] +[ +.B -T, --files-from=F +] +[ +.B --null +] +[ +.B --totals +] +[ +.B -v, --verbose +] +[ +.B -V, --label NAME +] +[ +.B --version +] +[ +.B -w, --interactive, --confirmation +] +[ +.B -W, --verify +] +[ +.B --exclude FILE +] +[ +.B -X, --exclude-from FILE +] +[ +.B -Z, --compress, --uncompress +] +[ +.B -z, --gzip, --ungzip +] +[ +.B --use-compress-program PROG +] +[ +.B --block-compress +] +[ +.B -[0-7][lmh] +] +.TP +.I filename1 [ filename2, ... filenameN ] +.TP +.I directory1 [ directory2, ...directoryN ] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +This manual page documents the GNU version of +.B tar +, an archiving program designed to store and extract files from +an archive file known as a +.IR tarfile. +A +.IR tarfile +may be made on a tape drive, however, it is also common +to write a +.IR tarfile +to a normal file. +The first argument to +.B tar +must be one of the options: +.BR Acdrtux , +followed by any optional functions. +The final arguments to +.B tar +are the names of the files or directories which should be archived. The use +of a directory name always implies that the subdirectories below should be +included in the archive. +.SH "FUNCTION LETTERS" +.TP +.B One of the following options must be used: +.TP +.B -A, --catenate, --concatenate +append tar files to an archive +.TP +.B -c, --create +create a new archive +.TP +.B -d, --diff, --compare +find differences between archive and file system +.TP +.B --delete +delete from the archive (not for use on mag tapes!) +.TP +.B -r, --append +append files to the end of an archive +.TP +.B -t, --list +list the contents of an archive +.TP +.B -u, --update +only append files that are newer than copy in archive +.TP +.B -x, --extract, --get +extract files from an archive +.SH "OTHER OPTIONS" +.TP +.B --atime-preserve +don't change access times on dumped files +.TP +.B -b, --block-size N +block size of Nx512 bytes (default N=20) +.TP +.B -B, --read-full-blocks +reblock as we read (for reading 4.2BSD pipes) +.TP +.B -C, --directory DIR +change to directory DIR +.TP +.B --checkpoint +print directory names while reading the archive +.TP +.B -f, --file [HOSTNAME:]F +use archive file or device F (default /dev/rmt0) +.TP +.B --force-local +archive file is local even if has a colon +.TP +.B -F, --info-script F --new-volume-script F +run script at end of each tape (implies -M) +.TP +.B -G, --incremental +create/list/extract old GNU-format incremental backup +.TP +.B -g, --listed-incremental F +create/list/extract new GNU-format incremental backup +.TP +.B -h, --dereference +don't dump symlinks; dump the files they point to +.TP +.B -i, --ignore-zeros +ignore blocks of zeros in archive (normally mean EOF) +.TP +.B -j, -I, --bzip +filter the archive through bzip2. Note: -I is deprecated and may get a +different meaning in the near future. +.TP +.B --ignore-failed-read +don't exit with non-zero status on unreadable files +.TP +.B -k, --keep-old-files +keep existing files; don't overwrite them from archive +.TP +.B -K, --starting-file F +begin at file F in the archive +.TP +.B -l, --one-file-system +stay in local file system when creating an archive +.TP +.B -L, --tape-length N +change tapes after writing N*1024 bytes +.TP +.B -m, --modification-time +don't extract file modified time +.TP +.B -M, --multi-volume +create/list/extract multi-volume archive +.TP +.B -N, --after-date DATE, --newer DATE +only store files newer than DATE +.TP +.B -o, --old-archive, --portability +write a V7 format archive, rather than ANSI format +.TP +.B -O, --to-stdout +extract files to standard output +.TP +.B -p, --same-permissions, --preserve-permissions +extract all protection information +.TP +.B -P, --absolute-paths +don't strip leading `/'s from file names +.TP +.B --preserve +like -p -s +.TP +.B -R, --record-number +show record number within archive with each message +.TP +.B --remove-files +remove files after adding them to the archive +.TP +.B -s, --same-order, --preserve-order +list of names to extract is sorted to match archive +.TP +.B --same-owner +create extracted files with the same ownership +.TP +.B -S, --sparse +handle sparse files efficiently +.TP +.B -T, --files-from=F +get names to extract or create from file F +.TP +.B --null +-T reads null-terminated names, disable -C +.TP +.B --totals +print total bytes written with --create +.TP +.B -v, --verbose +verbosely list files processed +.TP +.B -V, --label NAME +create archive with volume name NAME +.TP +.B --version +print tar program version number +.TP +.B -w, --interactive, --confirmation +ask for confirmation for every action +.TP +.B -W, --verify +attempt to verify the archive after writing it +.TP +.B --exclude FILE +exclude file FILE +.TP +.B -X, --exclude-from FILE +exclude files listed in FILE +.TP +.B -Z, --compress, --uncompress +filter the archive through compress +.TP +.B -z, --gzip, --ungzip +filter the archive through gzip +.TP +.B --use-compress-program PROG +filter the archive through PROG (which must accept -d)
