1 This is tar.info, produced by makeinfo version 5.9.93 from tar.texi.
3 This manual is for GNU 'tar' (version 1.29, 14 April 2016), which
4 creates and extracts files from archives.
6 Copyright (C) 1992, 1994-1997, 1999-2001, 2003-2016 Free Software
9 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
10 document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
11 Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software
12 Foundation; with the Invariant Sections being "GNU General Public
13 License", with the Front-Cover Texts being "A GNU Manual", and with
14 the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the license is
15 included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
17 (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You have the freedom to copy and
18 modify this GNU manual."
19 INFO-DIR-SECTION Archiving
21 * Tar: (tar). Making tape (or disk) archives.
24 INFO-DIR-SECTION Individual utilities
26 * tar: (tar)tar invocation. Invoking GNU 'tar'.
37 Node: Introduction
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38 Node: Book Contents
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39 Node: Definitions
\7f13454
40 Node: What tar Does
\7f15257
41 Node: Naming tar Archives
\7f18024
44 Node: Tutorial
\7f20915
45 Node: assumptions
\7f21728
46 Node: stylistic conventions
\7f24202
47 Node: basic tar options
\7f24645
48 Node: frequent operations
\7f28284
49 Node: Two Frequent Options
\7f28934
50 Node: file tutorial
\7f29565
51 Node: verbose tutorial
\7f30923
52 Ref: verbose member listing
\7f33137
53 Node: help tutorial
\7f35905
55 Node: prepare for examples
\7f37698
56 Node: Creating the archive
\7f39467
57 Node: create verbose
\7f43054
58 Node: short create
\7f43874
59 Node: create dir
\7f46609
61 Ref: listing member and file names
\7f50852
62 Node: list dir
\7f53471
64 Node: extracting archives
\7f55597
65 Node: extracting files
\7f56102
66 Ref: extracting files-Footnote-1
\7f57988
67 Node: extract dir
\7f58368
68 Node: extracting untrusted archives
\7f60760
69 Node: failing commands
\7f61640
70 Node: going further
\7f63225
71 Node: tar invocation
\7f63438
72 Node: Synopsis
\7f65218
73 Ref: exit status
\7f68540
74 Node: using tar options
\7f70173
75 Ref: TAR_OPTIONS
\7f71753
77 Ref: Styles-Footnote-1
\7f74271
78 Node: Long Options
\7f74527
79 Node: Short Options
\7f76699
80 Ref: Short Options-Footnote-1
\7f78507
81 Node: Old Options
\7f78724
83 Ref: Mixing-Footnote-1
\7f83853
84 Node: All Options
\7f83973
85 Node: Operation Summary
\7f84609
87 Ref: --catenate
\7f84810
88 Ref: --compare
\7f84882
89 Ref: --concatenate
\7f85086
93 Ref: --extract
\7f85438
97 Node: Option Summary
\7f85880
98 Ref: --absolute-names
\7f86035
100 Ref: --after-date
\7f86408
101 Ref: --anchored
\7f86461
102 Ref: --atime-preserve
\7f86594
103 Ref: --auto-compress
\7f89110
104 Ref: --backup
\7f89338
105 Ref: --block-number
\7f89530
106 Ref: --blocking-factor
\7f89705
108 Ref: --check-device
\7f89966
109 Ref: --checkpoint
\7f90161
110 Ref: --checkpoint-action
\7f90604
111 Ref: --check-links
\7f91763
112 Ref: --compress
\7f92040
113 Ref: --uncompress
\7f92040
114 Ref: --clamp-mtime
\7f92245
115 Ref: --confirmation
\7f92285
116 Ref: --delay-directory-restore
\7f92354
117 Ref: --dereference
\7f92557
118 Ref: --directory
\7f92752
119 Ref: --exclude
\7f93006
120 Ref: --exclude-backups
\7f93126
121 Ref: --exclude-from
\7f93216
122 Ref: --exclude-caches
\7f93363
123 Ref: --exclude-caches-under
\7f93572
124 Ref: --exclude-caches-all
\7f93751
125 Ref: --exclude-ignore
\7f93881
126 Ref: --exclude-ignore-recursive
\7f94101
127 Ref: --exclude-tag
\7f94345
128 Ref: --exclude-tag-under
\7f94517
129 Ref: --exclude-tag-all
\7f94708
130 Ref: --exclude-vcs
\7f94838
131 Ref: --exclude-vcs-ignores
\7f94998
133 Ref: --files-from
\7f95592
134 Ref: --force-local
\7f95796
135 Ref: --format
\7f95988
136 Ref: --full-time
\7f96663
138 Ref: --group-map
\7f97670
140 Ref: --gunzip
\7f98062
141 Ref: --ungzip
\7f98062
142 Ref: --hard-dereference
\7f98286
144 Ref: --hole-detection
\7f98609
145 Ref: --ignore-case
\7f98845
146 Ref: --ignore-command-error
\7f98972
147 Ref: --ignore-failed-read
\7f99084
148 Ref: --ignore-zeros
\7f99226
149 Ref: --incremental
\7f99371
150 Ref: --index-file
\7f99637
151 Ref: --info-script
\7f99723
152 Ref: --new-volume-script
\7f99723
153 Ref: --interactive
\7f100021
154 Ref: --keep-directory-symlink
\7f100234
155 Ref: --keep-newer-files
\7f100783
156 Ref: --keep-old-files
\7f100926
157 Ref: --label
\7f101139
158 Ref: --level
\7f101428
159 Ref: --listed-incremental
\7f101868
163 Ref: --mtime
\7f102829
164 Ref: --multi-volume
\7f103509
165 Ref: --newer
\7f103715
166 Ref: --newer-mtime
\7f103994
167 Ref: --no-acls
\7f104219
168 Ref: --no-anchored
\7f104313
169 Ref: --no-auto-compress
\7f104450
170 Ref: --no-check-device
\7f104602
171 Ref: --no-delay-directory-restore
\7f104785
172 Ref: --no-ignore-case
\7f105034
173 Ref: --no-ignore-command-error
\7f105127
174 Ref: --no-null
\7f105283
175 Ref: --no-overwrite-dir
\7f105489
176 Ref: --no-quote-chars
\7f105633
177 Ref: --no-recursion
\7f105814
178 Ref: --no-same-owner
\7f105920
179 Ref: --no-same-permissions
\7f106104
180 Ref: --no-seek
\7f106307
181 Ref: --no-selinux
\7f106526
182 Ref: --no-unquote
\7f106627
183 Ref: --no-verbatim-files-from
\7f106765
184 Ref: --no-wildcards
\7f107266
185 Ref: --no-wildcards-match-slash
\7f107350
186 Ref: --no-xattrs
\7f107452
188 Ref: --numeric-owner
\7f107906
189 Ref: --occurrence
\7f108558
190 Ref: --old-archive
\7f109126
191 Ref: --one-file-system
\7f109175
192 Ref: --one-top-level
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193 Ref: --overwrite
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194 Ref: --overwrite-dir
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195 Ref: --owner
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196 Ref: --owner-map
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197 Ref: --pax-option
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198 Ref: --portability
\7f111324
199 Ref: --posix
\7f111389
200 Ref: --preserve-order
\7f111431
201 Ref: --preserve-permissions
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202 Ref: --same-permissions
\7f111496
203 Ref: --quote-chars
\7f111911
204 Ref: --quoting-style
\7f112064
205 Ref: --read-full-records
\7f112387
206 Ref: --record-size
\7f112553
207 Ref: --recursion
\7f112906
208 Ref: --recursive-unlink
\7f113011
209 Ref: --remove-files
\7f113174
210 Ref: --restrict
\7f113321
211 Ref: --rmt-command
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212 Ref: --rsh-command
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213 Ref: --same-order
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214 Ref: --same-owner
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216 Ref: --selinux
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217 Ref: --show-defaults
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218 Ref: --show-omitted-dirs
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219 Ref: --show-snapshot-field-ranges
\7f115584
220 Ref: --show-transformed-names
\7f115781
221 Ref: --show-stored-names
\7f115781
222 Ref: --skip-old-files
\7f116171
224 Ref: --sparse
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225 Ref: --sparse-version
\7f117401
226 Ref: --starting-file
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227 Ref: --strip-components
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228 Ref: --suffix
\7f118154
229 Ref: --tape-length
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230 Ref: --test-label
\7f118699
231 Ref: --to-command
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232 Ref: --to-stdout
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233 Ref: --totals
\7f119166
234 Ref: --touch
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235 Ref: --transform
\7f119601
236 Ref: --xform
\7f119601
237 Ref: --unlink-first
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238 Ref: --unquote
\7f120379
239 Ref: --use-compress-program
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241 Ref: --verbatim-files-from
\7f120759
242 Ref: --verbose
\7f121603
243 Ref: --verify
\7f121856
244 Ref: --version
\7f121975
245 Ref: --volno-file
\7f122148
246 Ref: --warning
\7f122336
247 Ref: --wildcards
\7f122514
248 Ref: --wildcards-match-slash
\7f122634
249 Ref: --xattrs
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250 Ref: --xattrs-exclude
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251 Ref: --xattrs-include
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253 Ref: Option Summary-Footnote-1
\7f123347
254 Node: Short Option Summary
\7f123566
255 Node: Position-Sensitive Options
\7f126469
256 Ref: Position-Sensitive Options-Footnote-1
\7f129341
258 Ref: help-Footnote-1
\7f133338
259 Node: defaults
\7f133549
260 Node: verbose
\7f134568
262 Ref: Progress information
\7f138461
263 Ref: show-omitted-dirs
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264 Ref: block-number
\7f139859
265 Ref: verbose-Footnote-1
\7f140886
266 Node: checkpoints
\7f140993
267 Ref: checkpoint exec
\7f147058
268 Node: warnings
\7f149087
269 Node: interactive
\7f152490
270 Node: external
\7f154589
271 Node: operations
\7f156177
272 Node: Basic tar
\7f156436
273 Ref: Basic tar-Footnote-1
\7f159543
274 Node: Advanced tar
\7f159687
275 Node: Operations
\7f160532
276 Node: append
\7f162427
277 Ref: append-Footnote-1
\7f165524
278 Node: appending files
\7f165711
279 Node: multiple
\7f167448
280 Node: update
\7f170170
281 Node: how to update
\7f171147
282 Node: concatenate
\7f172931
283 Ref: concatenate-Footnote-1
\7f176179
284 Node: delete
\7f176322
285 Node: compare
\7f178096
286 Node: create options
\7f179530
287 Node: override
\7f180017
288 Node: Extended File Attributes
\7f187078
289 Node: Ignore Failed Read
\7f191713
290 Node: extract options
\7f191949
291 Node: Reading
\7f192782
292 Node: read full records
\7f194282
293 Node: Ignore Zeros
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294 Node: Writing
\7f195608
295 Node: Dealing with Old Files
\7f196165
296 Node: Overwrite Old Files
\7f198967
297 Node: Keep Old Files
\7f200424
298 Node: Keep Newer Files
\7f201231
299 Node: Unlink First
\7f201521
300 Node: Recursive Unlink
\7f201925
301 Node: Data Modification Times
\7f202478
302 Node: Setting Access Permissions
\7f203288
303 Node: Directory Modification Times and Permissions
\7f203920
304 Node: Writing to Standard Output
\7f207533
305 Node: Writing to an External Program
\7f209068
306 Node: remove files
\7f212658
307 Node: Scarce
\7f212851
308 Node: Starting File
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309 Node: Same Order
\7f213900
310 Node: backup
\7f214736
311 Node: Applications
\7f217827
312 Node: looking ahead
\7f219291
313 Node: Backups
\7f220117
314 Node: Full Dumps
\7f221698
315 Node: Incremental Dumps
\7f223507
316 Ref: --level=0
\7f226421
317 Ref: device numbers
\7f226954
318 Ref: incremental-op
\7f230937
319 Ref: Incremental Dumps-Footnote-1
\7f231311
320 Ref: Incremental Dumps-Footnote-2
\7f231461
321 Node: Backup Levels
\7f231949
322 Node: Backup Parameters
\7f234336
323 Node: General-Purpose Variables
\7f235517
325 Node: Magnetic Tape Control
\7f240569
326 Node: User Hooks
\7f241908
327 Node: backup-specs example
\7f243241
328 Node: Scripted Backups
\7f244381
329 Ref: Scripted Backups-Footnote-1
\7f247246
330 Node: Scripted Restoration
\7f247630
331 Node: Choosing
\7f250236
333 Ref: remote-dev
\7f253994
334 Ref: local and remote archives
\7f254379
335 Node: Selecting Archive Members
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336 Ref: input name quoting
\7f256091
338 Ref: verbatim-files-from
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339 Ref: no-verbatim-files-from
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340 Ref: files-Footnote-1
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342 Node: exclude
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343 Ref: exclude-vcs-ignores
\7f265949
344 Ref: exclude-vcs
\7f267662
345 Ref: exclude-Footnote-1
\7f271598
346 Ref: exclude-Footnote-2
\7f271852
347 Node: problems with exclude
\7f271923
348 Node: wildcards
\7f273973
349 Node: controlling pattern-matching
\7f276556
350 Ref: anchored patterns
\7f279197
351 Ref: case-insensitive matches
\7f279467
352 Ref: controlling pattern-matching-Footnote-1
\7f280544
353 Node: quoting styles
\7f280761
354 Ref: escape sequences
\7f281106
355 Node: transform
\7f287250
356 Ref: show-transformed-names
\7f289241
358 Node: recurse
\7f299035
360 Node: directory
\7f304329
361 Node: absolute
\7f307428
362 Ref: absolute-Footnote-1
\7f310755
363 Node: Date input formats
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364 Node: General date syntax
\7f313502
365 Node: Calendar date items
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366 Node: Time of day items
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367 Node: Time zone items
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368 Node: Combined date and time of day items
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369 Node: Day of week items
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370 Node: Relative items in date strings
\7f323784
371 Node: Pure numbers in date strings
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372 Node: Seconds since the Epoch
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373 Node: Specifying time zone rules
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374 Node: Authors of parse_datetime
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375 Ref: Authors of get_date
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376 Node: Formats
\7f332704
377 Node: Compression
\7f337379
379 Ref: alternative decompression programs
\7f339882
380 Ref: auto-compress
\7f343431
381 Ref: use-compress-program
\7f344196
382 Ref: gzip-Footnote-1
\7f346163
383 Ref: gzip-Footnote-2
\7f346212
384 Node: lbzip2
\7f346352
385 Node: sparse
\7f347449
386 Node: Attributes
\7f351993
387 Node: Portability
\7f357655
388 Node: Portable Names
\7f359141
389 Node: dereference
\7f359846
390 Node: hard links
\7f360973
391 Ref: hard links-Footnote-1
\7f363858
396 Node: PAX keywords
\7f367058
397 Node: Checksumming
\7f373056
398 Node: Large or Negative Values
\7f375000
399 Node: Other Tars
\7f376601
400 Node: Split Recovery
\7f377737
401 Node: Sparse Recovery
\7f381486
402 Ref: extracting sparse v.0.x
\7f385115
403 Ref: Sparse Recovery-Footnote-1
\7f388404
404 Ref: Sparse Recovery-Footnote-2
\7f388427
407 Node: Device
\7f395260
408 Ref: size-suffixes
\7f400051
409 Node: Remote Tape Server
\7f401191
410 Node: Common Problems and Solutions
\7f404855
411 Node: Blocking
\7f405247
412 Ref: Blocking-Footnote-1
\7f411731
413 Node: Format Variations
\7f411835
414 Node: Blocking Factor
\7f412750
416 Node: Tape Positioning
\7f428195
418 Node: Using Multiple Tapes
\7f431628
419 Node: Multi-Volume Archives
\7f433694
420 Ref: tape-length
\7f435179
421 Ref: change volume prompt
\7f435734
422 Ref: volno-file
\7f436601
423 Ref: info-script
\7f437154
424 Ref: Multi-Volume Archives-Footnote-1
\7f442739
425 Ref: Multi-Volume Archives-Footnote-2
\7f442849
426 Node: Tape Files
\7f442917
427 Node: Tarcat
\7f444402
429 Ref: --test-label option
\7f447035
430 Ref: label-Footnote-1
\7f450486
431 Ref: label-Footnote-2
\7f450595
432 Ref: label-Footnote-3
\7f450728
433 Node: verify
\7f450963
434 Node: Write Protection
\7f454263
435 Node: Reliability and security
\7f455093
436 Node: Reliability
\7f455481
437 Node: Permissions problems
\7f456259
438 Node: Data corruption and repair
\7f456698
439 Node: Race conditions
\7f457625
440 Node: Security
\7f459364
441 Node: Privacy
\7f459967
442 Node: Integrity
\7f461216
443 Node: Live untrusted data
\7f463427
444 Node: Security rules of thumb
\7f465766
445 Node: Changes
\7f467294
446 Node: Configuring Help Summary
\7f470915
447 Node: Fixing Snapshot Files
\7f477431
448 Node: Tar Internals
\7f480800
449 Node: Standard
\7f481132
450 Node: Extensions
\7f503335
451 Node: Sparse Formats
\7f505897
452 Node: Old GNU Format
\7f507186
455 Node: Snapshot Files
\7f514419
456 Node: Dumpdir
\7f520017
457 Node: Genfile
\7f523247
458 Node: Generate Mode
\7f524343
459 Node: Status Mode
\7f529583
460 Node: Exec Mode
\7f531385
461 Node: Free Software Needs Free Documentation
\7f534145
462 Node: GNU Free Documentation License
\7f539126
463 Node: Index of Command Line Options
\7f564329