1 This is tar.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.13 from tar.texi.
3 This manual is for GNU `tar' (version 1.22, 5 March 2009), which
4 creates and extracts files from archives.
6 Copyright (C) 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003,
7 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
9 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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13 being "A GNU Manual," and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a)
14 below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
15 "GNU Free Documentation License".
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19 it in developing GNU and promoting software freedom."
21 INFO-DIR-SECTION Archiving
23 * Tar: (tar). Making tape (or disk) archives.
26 INFO-DIR-SECTION Individual utilities
28 * tar: (tar)tar invocation. Invoking GNU `tar'.
39 Node: Introduction
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40 Node: Book Contents
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41 Node: Definitions
\7f13475
42 Node: What tar Does
\7f15278
43 Node: Naming tar Archives
\7f18044
46 Node: Tutorial
\7f20937
47 Node: assumptions
\7f21750
48 Node: stylistic conventions
\7f24225
49 Node: basic tar options
\7f24668
50 Node: frequent operations
\7f28306
51 Node: Two Frequent Options
\7f28958
52 Node: file tutorial
\7f29589
53 Node: verbose tutorial
\7f30950
54 Ref: verbose member listing
\7f33164
55 Node: help tutorial
\7f35917
57 Node: prepare for examples
\7f37772
58 Node: Creating the archive
\7f39540
59 Node: create verbose
\7f42372
60 Node: short create
\7f43193
61 Node: create dir
\7f45946
63 Ref: listing member and file names
\7f49927
64 Node: list dir
\7f52208
66 Node: extracting archives
\7f54374
67 Node: extracting files
\7f54864
68 Ref: extracting files-Footnote-1
\7f57511
69 Node: extract dir
\7f57891
70 Node: extracting untrusted archives
\7f60274
71 Node: failing commands
\7f61153
72 Node: going further
\7f62253
73 Node: tar invocation
\7f62466
74 Node: Synopsis
\7f63978
75 Node: using tar options
\7f68947
76 Ref: TAR_OPTIONS
\7f70532
78 Node: Long Options
\7f73261
79 Node: Short Options
\7f75433
80 Ref: Short Options-Footnote-1
\7f77241
81 Node: Old Options
\7f77458
82 Ref: Old Options-Footnote-1
\7f80408
84 Ref: Mixing-Footnote-1
\7f82944
85 Node: All Options
\7f83064
86 Node: Operation Summary
\7f83669
88 Ref: --catenate
\7f83869
89 Ref: --compare
\7f83940
90 Ref: --concatenate
\7f84143
94 Ref: --extract
\7f84490
98 Node: Option Summary
\7f84928
99 Ref: --absolute-names
\7f85083
100 Ref: --after-date
\7f85261
101 Ref: --anchored
\7f85313
102 Ref: --atime-preserve
\7f85446
103 Ref: --auto-compress
\7f87961
104 Ref: --backup
\7f88188
105 Ref: --block-number
\7f88379
106 Ref: --blocking-factor
\7f88553
108 Ref: --check-device
\7f88812
109 Ref: --checkpoint
\7f89007
110 Ref: --checkpoint-action
\7f89448
111 Ref: --check-links
\7f90599
112 Ref: --compress
\7f90876
113 Ref: --uncompress
\7f90876
114 Ref: --confirmation
\7f91080
115 Ref: --delay-directory-restore
\7f91148
116 Ref: --dereference
\7f91349
117 Ref: --directory
\7f91534
118 Ref: --exclude
\7f91787
119 Ref: --exclude-from
\7f91906
120 Ref: --exclude-caches
\7f92052
121 Ref: --exclude-caches-under
\7f92246
122 Ref: --exclude-caches-all
\7f92424
123 Ref: --exclude-tag
\7f92553
124 Ref: --exclude-tag-under
\7f92708
125 Ref: --exclude-tag-all
\7f92876
126 Ref: --exclude-vcs
\7f92990
128 Ref: --files-from
\7f93345
129 Ref: --force-local
\7f93548
130 Ref: --format
\7f93739
133 Ref: --gunzip
\7f94757
134 Ref: --ungzip
\7f94757
135 Ref: --hard-dereference
\7f94980
137 Ref: --ignore-case
\7f95301
138 Ref: --ignore-command-error
\7f95428
139 Ref: --ignore-failed-read
\7f95539
140 Ref: --ignore-zeros
\7f95669
141 Ref: --incremental
\7f95814
142 Ref: --index-file
\7f96079
143 Ref: --info-script
\7f96164
144 Ref: --new-volume-script
\7f96164
145 Ref: --interactive
\7f96485
146 Ref: --keep-newer-files
\7f96697
147 Ref: --keep-old-files
\7f96839
149 Ref: --listed-incremental
\7f97258
153 Ref: --multi-volume
\7f98554
155 Ref: --newer-mtime
\7f99033
156 Ref: --no-anchored
\7f99257
157 Ref: --no-auto-compress
\7f99394
158 Ref: --no-check-device
\7f99545
159 Ref: --no-delay-directory-restore
\7f99728
160 Ref: --no-ignore-case
\7f99981
161 Ref: --no-ignore-command-error
\7f100074
162 Ref: --no-null
\7f100229
163 Ref: --no-overwrite-dir
\7f100434
164 Ref: --no-quote-chars
\7f100577
165 Ref: --no-recursion
\7f100758
166 Ref: --no-same-owner
\7f100863
167 Ref: --no-same-permissions
\7f101046
168 Ref: --no-unquote
\7f101248
169 Ref: --no-wildcards
\7f101386
170 Ref: --no-wildcards-match-slash
\7f101470
172 Ref: --numeric-owner
\7f101800
173 Ref: --occurrence
\7f102451
174 Ref: --old-archive
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175 Ref: --one-file-system
\7f103067
176 Ref: --overwrite
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177 Ref: --overwrite-dir
\7f103387
178 Ref: --owner
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179 Ref: --pax-option
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180 Ref: --portability
\7f104210
181 Ref: --posix
\7f104275
182 Ref: --preserve
\7f104317
183 Ref: --preserve-order
\7f104455
184 Ref: --preserve-permissions
\7f104519
185 Ref: --same-permissions
\7f104519
186 Ref: --quote-chars
\7f104933
187 Ref: --quoting-style
\7f105086
188 Ref: --read-full-records
\7f105407
189 Ref: --record-size
\7f105572
190 Ref: --recursion
\7f105703
191 Ref: --recursive-unlink
\7f105806
192 Ref: --remove-files
\7f105973
193 Ref: --restrict
\7f106119
194 Ref: --rmt-command
\7f106307
195 Ref: --rsh-command
\7f106448
196 Ref: --same-order
\7f106570
197 Ref: --same-owner
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199 Ref: --show-defaults
\7f107496
200 Ref: --show-omitted-dirs
\7f107864
201 Ref: --show-transformed-names
\7f108018
202 Ref: --show-stored-names
\7f108018
203 Ref: --sparse
\7f108407
204 Ref: --sparse-version
\7f108546
205 Ref: --starting-file
\7f108770
206 Ref: --strip-components
\7f108959
207 Ref: --suffix
\7f109271
208 Ref: --tape-length
\7f109406
209 Ref: --test-label
\7f109561
210 Ref: --to-command
\7f109713
211 Ref: --to-stdout
\7f109872
212 Ref: --totals
\7f110025
213 Ref: --touch
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214 Ref: --transform
\7f110458
215 Ref: --xform
\7f110458
216 Ref: --unlink-first
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217 Ref: --unquote
\7f111237
218 Ref: --use-compress-program
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220 Ref: --verbose
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221 Ref: --verify
\7f111867
222 Ref: --version
\7f111985
223 Ref: --volno-file
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224 Ref: --wildcards
\7f112344
225 Ref: --wildcards-match-slash
\7f112464
227 Ref: Option Summary-Footnote-1
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228 Node: Short Option Summary
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230 Ref: help-Footnote-1
\7f118936
231 Node: defaults
\7f119146
232 Node: verbose
\7f120163
234 Ref: Progress information
\7f124054
235 Ref: show-omitted-dirs
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236 Ref: block-number
\7f125452
237 Ref: verbose-Footnote-1
\7f126479
238 Node: checkpoints
\7f126586
239 Node: interactive
\7f131983
240 Node: operations
\7f134066
241 Node: Basic tar
\7f134325
242 Ref: Basic tar-Footnote-1
\7f137429
243 Node: Advanced tar
\7f137573
244 Node: Operations
\7f138418
245 Node: append
\7f140388
246 Ref: append-Footnote-1
\7f143553
247 Node: appending files
\7f143719
248 Node: multiple
\7f145500
249 Node: update
\7f148190
250 Node: how to update
\7f149229
251 Node: concatenate
\7f151012
252 Ref: concatenate-Footnote-1
\7f154261
253 Node: delete
\7f154399
254 Node: compare
\7f156242
255 Node: create options
\7f157732
256 Node: override
\7f158190
257 Node: Ignore Failed Read
\7f161628
258 Node: extract options
\7f161848
259 Node: Reading
\7f162744
260 Node: read full records
\7f164307
261 Node: Ignore Zeros
\7f164643
262 Node: Writing
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263 Node: Dealing with Old Files
\7f166191
264 Node: Overwrite Old Files
\7f168618
265 Node: Keep Old Files
\7f170075
266 Node: Keep Newer Files
\7f170585
267 Node: Unlink First
\7f170875
268 Node: Recursive Unlink
\7f171279
269 Node: Data Modification Times
\7f171832
270 Node: Setting Access Permissions
\7f172642
271 Node: Directory Modification Times and Permissions
\7f173274
272 Node: Writing to Standard Output
\7f176880
273 Node: Writing to an External Program
\7f178415
274 Node: remove files
\7f181152
275 Node: Scarce
\7f181345
276 Node: Starting File
\7f181593
277 Node: Same Order
\7f182413
278 Node: backup
\7f183249
279 Node: Applications
\7f186473
280 Node: looking ahead
\7f187986
281 Node: Backups
\7f188812
282 Node: Full Dumps
\7f190644
283 Node: Incremental Dumps
\7f192450
284 Ref: device numbers
\7f195586
285 Ref: incremental-op
\7f199568
286 Ref: Incremental Dumps-Footnote-1
\7f199942
287 Ref: Incremental Dumps-Footnote-2
\7f200092
288 Node: Backup Levels
\7f200579
289 Node: Backup Parameters
\7f202966
290 Node: General-Purpose Variables
\7f204147
292 Node: Magnetic Tape Control
\7f209183
293 Node: User Hooks
\7f210520
294 Node: backup-specs example
\7f211848
295 Node: Scripted Backups
\7f212991
296 Ref: Scripted Backups-Footnote-1
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297 Node: Scripted Restoration
\7f216237
298 Node: Choosing
\7f218845
300 Ref: remote-dev
\7f222729
301 Ref: local and remote archives
\7f223121
302 Node: Selecting Archive Members
\7f224151
303 Ref: input name quoting
\7f224832
305 Ref: files-Footnote-1
\7f230092
307 Node: exclude
\7f232649
308 Node: problems with exclude
\7f237611
309 Node: wildcards
\7f239656
310 Node: controlling pattern-matching
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311 Ref: controlling pattern-matching-Footnote-1
\7f246230
312 Node: quoting styles
\7f246446
313 Ref: escape sequences
\7f246792
314 Node: transform
\7f252927
315 Ref: show-transformed-names
\7f254916
317 Node: recurse
\7f264770
319 Node: directory
\7f269035
320 Node: absolute
\7f272108
321 Ref: absolute-Footnote-1
\7f275242
322 Node: Date input formats
\7f275593
323 Node: General date syntax
\7f277909
324 Node: Calendar date items
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325 Node: Time of day items
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326 Node: Time zone items
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327 Node: Day of week items
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328 Node: Relative items in date strings
\7f287276
329 Node: Pure numbers in date strings
\7f290078
330 Node: Seconds since the Epoch
\7f291059
331 Node: Specifying time zone rules
\7f292680
332 Node: Authors of get_date
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333 Node: Formats
\7f295796
334 Node: Compression
\7f300484
336 Ref: auto-compress
\7f303938
337 Ref: gzip-Footnote-1
\7f307972
338 Node: sparse
\7f308021
339 Node: Attributes
\7f311075
340 Node: Portability
\7f316996
341 Node: Portable Names
\7f318482
342 Node: dereference
\7f319187
343 Node: hard links
\7f320588
344 Ref: hard links-Footnote-1
\7f323546
349 Node: PAX keywords
\7f326735
350 Node: Checksumming
\7f331063
351 Node: Large or Negative Values
\7f332987
352 Node: Other Tars
\7f334587
353 Node: Split Recovery
\7f335723
354 Node: Sparse Recovery
\7f339455
355 Ref: extracting sparse v.0.x
\7f343088
356 Ref: Sparse Recovery-Footnote-1
\7f346377
357 Ref: Sparse Recovery-Footnote-2
\7f346400
360 Node: Device
\7f353207
361 Node: Remote Tape Server
\7f358275
362 Node: Common Problems and Solutions
\7f362005
363 Node: Blocking
\7f362397
364 Node: Format Variations
\7f368904
365 Node: Blocking Factor
\7f369816
367 Node: Tape Positioning
\7f385264
369 Node: Using Multiple Tapes
\7f388692
370 Node: Multi-Volume Archives
\7f390758
371 Ref: tape-length
\7f392243
372 Ref: change volume prompt
\7f392547
373 Ref: volno-file
\7f393417
374 Ref: info-script
\7f393969
375 Ref: Multi-Volume Archives-Footnote-1
\7f399153
376 Ref: Multi-Volume Archives-Footnote-2
\7f399263
377 Node: Tape Files
\7f399330
378 Node: Tarcat
\7f400813
380 Ref: --test-label option
\7f403487
381 Ref: label-Footnote-1
\7f406532
382 Node: verify
\7f406767
383 Node: Write Protection
\7f410067
384 Node: Changes
\7f410897
385 Node: Configuring Help Summary
\7f414482
386 Node: Fixing Snapshot Files
\7f420983
387 Node: Tar Internals
\7f423168
388 Node: Standard
\7f423500
389 Node: Extensions
\7f445701
390 Node: Sparse Formats
\7f448261
391 Node: Old GNU Format
\7f449551
394 Node: Snapshot Files
\7f456823
395 Node: Dumpdir
\7f461276
396 Node: Genfile
\7f464522
397 Node: Generate Mode
\7f465615
398 Node: Status Mode
\7f469912
399 Node: Exec Mode
\7f471711
400 Node: Free Software Needs Free Documentation
\7f473947
401 Node: Copying This Manual
\7f478918
402 Node: GNU Free Documentation License
\7f479200
403 Node: Index of Command Line Options
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