+ (line 91)
+* wildcards-match-slash, summary: Option Summary. (line 1106)
+* xattrs, summary: Option Summary. (line 1109)
+* xattrs-exclude, summary: Option Summary. (line 1113)
+* xattrs-include, summary: Option Summary. (line 1117)
+* xform: transform. (line 74)
+* xform, summary: Option Summary. (line 1005)
+* xz: gzip. (line 96)
+* xz, summary: Option Summary. (line 1123)
+
+\1f
+File: tar.info, Node: Index, Prev: Index of Command Line Options, Up: Top
+
+Appendix I Index
+****************
+
+\0\b[index\0\b]
+* Menu:
+
+* '%s: Directory has been renamed from %s', warning message: warnings.
+ (line 96)
+* '%s: Directory has been renamed', warning message: warnings.
+ (line 96)
+* '%s: Directory is new', warning message: warnings. (line 98)
+* '%s: directory is on a different device: not purging', warning message: warnings.
+ (line 100)
+* '%s: skipping existing file', warning message: warnings. (line 62)
+* -after-date and -update compared: after. (line 19)
+* -newer-mtime and -update compared: after. (line 19)
+* -quite, option: Generate Mode. (line 120)
+* .bzrignore: exclude. (line 63)
+* .cvsignore: exclude. (line 50)
+* .gitignore: exclude. (line 55)
+* .hgignore: exclude. (line 70)
+* 'A lone zero block at', warning message: warnings. (line 33)
+* abbreviations for months: Calendar date items. (line 38)
+* absolute file names: absolute. (line 6)
+* absolute file names <1>: Remote Tape Server. (line 17)
+* Adding archives to an archive: concatenate. (line 6)
+* Adding files to an Archive: appending files. (line 6)
+* ADMINISTRATOR: General-Purpose Variables.
+ (line 6)
+* Age, excluding files by: after. (line 6)
+* ago in date strings: Relative items in date strings.
+ (line 23)
+* all: warnings. (line 28)
+* alone-zero-block: warnings. (line 33)
+* alternative decompression programs: gzip. (line 54)
+* am in date strings: Time of day items. (line 21)
+* Appending files to an Archive: appending files. (line 6)
+* appending files to existing archive: append. (line 6)
+* Arch, excluding files: exclude. (line 85)
+* archive: Definitions. (line 6)
+* Archive creation: file. (line 34)
+* archive member: Definitions. (line 15)
+* Archive Name: file. (line 6)
+* Archive, creation of: create. (line 6)
+* Archives, Appending files to: appending files. (line 6)
+* archives, binary equivalent: PAX keywords. (line 136)
+* Archiving Directories: create dir. (line 6)
+* archiving files: Top. (line 23)
+* ARGP_HELP_FMT, environment variable: Configuring Help Summary.
+ (line 21)
+* arguments to long options: Long Options. (line 31)
+* arguments to old options: Old Options. (line 26)
+* arguments to short options: Short Options. (line 13)
+* 'Attempting extraction of symbolic links as hard links', warning message: warnings.
+ (line 68)
+* attributes, files: Attributes. (line 6)
+* authors of 'parse_datetime': Authors of parse_datetime.
+ (line 6)
+* Avoiding recursion in directories: recurse. (line 6)
+* backup options: backup. (line 6)
+* backup suffix: backup. (line 67)
+* backups: backup. (line 41)
+* backups <1>: Backups. (line 6)
+* BACKUP_DIRS: General-Purpose Variables.
+ (line 30)
+* BACKUP_FILES: General-Purpose Variables.
+ (line 58)
+* BACKUP_HOUR: General-Purpose Variables.
+ (line 10)
+* bad-dumpdir: warnings. (line 102)
+* basic operations: Operations. (line 6)
+* Bazaar, excluding files: exclude. (line 85)
+* Bazaar, ignore files: exclude. (line 37)
+* beginning of time, for POSIX: Seconds since the Epoch.
+ (line 13)
+* 'bell', checkpoint action: checkpoints. (line 106)
+* Bellovin, Steven M.: Authors of parse_datetime.
+ (line 6)
+* Berets, Jim: Authors of parse_datetime.
+ (line 6)
+* Berry, K.: Authors of parse_datetime.
+ (line 19)
+* binary equivalent archives, creating: PAX keywords. (line 136)
+* block: Blocking. (line 6)
+* Block number where error occurred: verbose. (line 112)
+* BLOCKING: General-Purpose Variables.
+ (line 25)
+* Blocking Factor: Blocking Factor. (line 6)
+* blocking factor: Blocking Factor. (line 189)
+* Blocks per record: Blocking Factor. (line 6)
+* bug reports: Reports. (line 6)
+* Bytes per record: Blocking Factor. (line 6)
+* bzip2: gzip. (line 6)
+* cachedir: warnings. (line 40)
+* calendar date item: Calendar date items. (line 6)
+* case, ignored in dates: General date syntax. (line 60)
+* 'cat' vs 'concatenate': concatenate. (line 63)
+* Changing directory mid-stream: directory. (line 6)
+* Character class, excluding characters from: wildcards. (line 34)
+* checkpoints, defined: checkpoints. (line 6)
+* Choosing an archive file: file. (line 6)
+* combined date and time of day item: Combined date and time of day items.
+ (line 6)
+* comments, in dates: General date syntax. (line 60)
+* compress: gzip. (line 6)
+* Compressed archives: gzip. (line 6)
+* 'concatenate' vs 'cat': concatenate. (line 63)
+* Concatenating Archives: concatenate. (line 6)
+* 'contains a cache directory tag', warning message: warnings.
+ (line 40)
+* contiguous-cast: warnings. (line 66)
+* corrupted archives: Full Dumps. (line 8)
+* corrupted archives <1>: gzip. (line 140)
+* Creation of the archive: create. (line 6)
+* 'Current %s is newer or same age', warning message: warnings.
+ (line 72)
+* CVS, excluding files: exclude. (line 85)
+* CVS, ignore files: exclude. (line 37)
+* Darcs, excluding files: exclude. (line 85)
+* DAT blocking: Blocking Factor. (line 199)
+* Data Modification time, excluding files by: after. (line 6)
+* Data modification times of extracted files: Data Modification Times.
+ (line 6)
+* date and time of day format, ISO 8601: Combined date and time of day items.
+ (line 6)
+* date format, ISO 8601: Calendar date items. (line 30)
+* date input formats: Date input formats. (line 6)
+* day in date strings: Relative items in date strings.
+ (line 15)
+* day in date strings <1>: Relative items in date strings.
+ (line 29)
+* day of week item: Day of week items. (line 6)
+* decompress-program: warnings. (line 76)
+* Deleting files from an archive: delete. (line 6)
+* Deleting from tape archives: delete. (line 17)
+* dereferencing hard links: hard links. (line 6)
+* Descending directories, avoiding: recurse. (line 6)
+* Device numbers, changing: Fixing Snapshot Files.
+ (line 6)
+* Device numbers, using in incremental backups: Incremental Dumps.
+ (line 89)
+* Directories, Archiving: create dir. (line 6)
+* Directories, avoiding recursion: recurse. (line 6)
+* Directory, changing mid-stream: directory. (line 6)
+* DIRLIST: General-Purpose Variables.
+ (line 53)
+* displacement of dates: Relative items in date strings.
+ (line 6)
+* doc-opt-col: Configuring Help Summary.
+ (line 95)
+* 'door ignored', warning message: warnings. (line 45)
+* 'dot', checkpoint action: checkpoints. (line 130)
+* Double-checking a write operation: verify. (line 6)
+* dumps, full: Full Dumps. (line 8)
+* DUMP_BEGIN: User Hooks. (line 31)
+* DUMP_END: User Hooks. (line 35)
+* DUMP_REMIND_SCRIPT: General-Purpose Variables.
+ (line 112)
+* dup-args: Configuring Help Summary.
+ (line 52)
+* dup-args-note: Configuring Help Summary.
+ (line 69)
+* 'echo', checkpoint action: checkpoints. (line 25)
+* Eggert, Paul: Authors of parse_datetime.
+ (line 6)
+* End-of-archive blocks, ignoring: Ignore Zeros. (line 6)
+* End-of-archive info script: Multi-Volume Archives.
+ (line 83)
+* entry: Naming tar Archives. (line 11)
+* epoch, for POSIX: Seconds since the Epoch.
+ (line 13)
+* Error message, block number of: verbose. (line 122)
+* Exabyte blocking: Blocking Factor. (line 199)
+* exclude: exclude. (line 12)
+* exclude-caches: exclude. (line 122)
+* exclude-from: exclude. (line 25)
+* exclude-tag: exclude. (line 145)
+* Excluding characters from a character class: wildcards. (line 34)
+* Excluding file by age: after. (line 6)
+* Excluding files by file system: exclude. (line 6)
+* Excluding files by name and pattern: exclude. (line 6)
+* Exec Mode, 'genfile': Exec Mode. (line 6)
+* 'exec', checkpoint action: checkpoints. (line 151)
+* existing backup method: backup. (line 59)
+* existing-file: warnings. (line 62)
+* exit status: Synopsis. (line 67)
+* 'Extracting contiguous files as regular files', warning message: warnings.
+ (line 66)
+* extracting Nth copy of the file: append. (line 34)
+* extraction: Definitions. (line 22)
+* Extraction: extract. (line 6)
+* file archival: Top. (line 23)
+* file attributes: Attributes. (line 6)
+* 'file changed as we read it', warning message: warnings. (line 55)
+* 'file is on a different filesystem', warning message: warnings.
+ (line 43)
+* 'file is the archive; not dumped', warning message: warnings.
+ (line 51)
+* 'file is the archive; not dumped', warning message <1>: warnings.
+ (line 51)
+* 'file is unchanged; not dumped', warning message: warnings. (line 49)
+* File lists separated by NUL characters: Generate Mode. (line 33)
+* file name: Definitions. (line 15)
+* File Name arguments, alternatives: files. (line 6)
+* File name arguments, using '--list' with: list. (line 25)
+* 'file name read contains nul character', warning message: warnings.
+ (line 31)
+* file names, absolute: absolute. (line 6)
+* File names, excluding files by: exclude. (line 6)
+* File names, terminated by 'NUL': nul. (line 6)
+* File names, using hard links: hard links. (line 6)
+* File names, using symbolic links: dereference. (line 6)
+* 'File removed before we read it', warning message: warnings.
+ (line 53)
+* 'File shrank by %s bytes', warning message: warnings. (line 41)
+* File system boundaries, not crossing: one. (line 6)
+* file-changed: warnings. (line 55)
+* file-ignored: warnings. (line 45)
+* file-removed: warnings. (line 53)
+* file-shrank: warnings. (line 41)
+* file-unchanged: warnings. (line 49)
+* FILELIST: General-Purpose Variables.
+ (line 69)
+* filename-with-nuls: warnings. (line 31)
+* 'find', using with 'tar': files. (line 6)
+* 'find', using with 'tar' <1>: recurse. (line 11)
+* first in date strings: General date syntax. (line 22)
+* format 0, snapshot file: Snapshot Files. (line 24)
+* format 1, snapshot file: Snapshot Files. (line 51)
+* format 2, snapshot file: Snapshot Files. (line 73)
+* Format Options: Format Variations. (line 6)
+* Format Parameters: Format Variations. (line 6)
+* Format, old style: old. (line 6)
+* fortnight in date strings: Relative items in date strings.
+ (line 15)
+* free documentation: Free Software Needs Free Documentation.
+ (line 6)
+* full dumps: Full Dumps. (line 8)
+* future time stamps: Large or Negative Values.
+ (line 6)
+* general date syntax: General date syntax. (line 6)
+* Generate Mode, 'genfile': Generate Mode. (line 6)
+* genfile: Genfile. (line 6)
+* 'genfile', create file: Generate Mode. (line 6)
+* 'genfile', creating sparse files: Generate Mode. (line 55)
+* 'genfile', generate mode: Generate Mode. (line 6)
+* 'genfile', reading a list of file names: Generate Mode. (line 22)
+* 'genfile', seeking to a given offset: Generate Mode. (line 18)
+* Getting program version number: help. (line 6)
+* git, excluding files: exclude. (line 85)
+* Git, ignore files: exclude. (line 37)
+* GNU archive format: gnu. (line 6)
+* GNU.sparse.major, extended header variable: PAX 1. (line 14)
+* GNU.sparse.map, extended header variable: PAX 0. (line 59)
+* GNU.sparse.minor, extended header variable: PAX 1. (line 17)
+* GNU.sparse.name, extended header variable: PAX 0. (line 67)
+* GNU.sparse.name, extended header variable, in v.1.0: PAX 1. (line 24)
+* GNU.sparse.numblocks, extended header variable: PAX 0. (line 14)
+* GNU.sparse.numbytes, extended header variable: PAX 0. (line 20)
+* GNU.sparse.offset, extended header variable: PAX 0. (line 17)
+* GNU.sparse.realsize, extended header variable: PAX 1. (line 24)
+* GNU.sparse.size, extended header variable: PAX 0. (line 10)
+* gnupg, using with tar: gzip. (line 196)
+* gpg, using with tar: gzip. (line 196)
+* gzip: gzip. (line 6)
+* hard links, dereferencing: hard links. (line 6)
+* header-col: Configuring Help Summary.
+ (line 141)
+* hole detection: sparse. (line 66)
+* hook: User Hooks. (line 12)
+* hour in date strings: Relative items in date strings.
+ (line 15)
+* ignore-archive: warnings. (line 51)
+* ignore-archive <1>: warnings. (line 51)
+* ignore-newer: warnings. (line 72)
+* Ignoring end-of-archive blocks: Ignore Zeros. (line 6)
+* 'Ignoring unknown extended header keyword '%s'', warning message: warnings.
+ (line 74)
+* 'implausibly old time stamp %s', warning message: warnings. (line 63)
+* Info script: Multi-Volume Archives.
+ (line 83)
+* Interactive operation: interactive. (line 6)
+* ISO 8601 date and time of day format: Combined date and time of day items.
+ (line 6)
+* ISO 8601 date format: Calendar date items. (line 30)
+* items in date strings: General date syntax. (line 6)
+* Labeling an archive: label. (line 6)
+* labeling archives: Tape Files. (line 6)
+* Labeling multi-volume archives: label. (line 6)
+* Labels on the archive media: label. (line 6)
+* language, in dates: General date syntax. (line 36)
+* language, in dates <1>: General date syntax. (line 40)
+* Large lists of file names on small machines: Same Order. (line 6)
+* large values: Large or Negative Values.
+ (line 6)
+* last DAY: Day of week items. (line 15)
+* last in date strings: General date syntax. (line 22)
+* Laszlo Ersek: lbzip2. (line 6)
+* lbzip2: lbzip2. (line 6)
+* leap seconds: General date syntax. (line 65)
+* leap seconds <1>: Time of day items. (line 14)
+* leap seconds <2>: Seconds since the Epoch.
+ (line 26)
+* Listing all 'tar' options: help. (line 26)
+* listing member and file names: list. (line 45)
+* Listing volume label: label. (line 27)
+* Lists of file names: files. (line 6)
+* Local and remote archives: file. (line 70)
+* long options: Long Options. (line 6)
+* long options with mandatory arguments: Long Options. (line 31)
+* long options with optional arguments: Long Options. (line 39)
+* long-opt-col: Configuring Help Summary.
+ (line 87)
+* lzip: gzip. (line 6)
+* lzma: gzip. (line 6)
+* lzop: gzip. (line 6)
+* MacKenzie, David: Authors of parse_datetime.
+ (line 6)
+* 'Malformed dumpdir: 'X' never used', warning message: warnings.
+ (line 102)
+* member: Definitions. (line 15)
+* member name: Definitions. (line 15)
+* members, multiple: multiple. (line 6)
+* Members, replacing with other members: append. (line 47)
+* Mercurial, excluding files: exclude. (line 85)
+* Mercurial, ignore files: exclude. (line 37)
+* Meyering, Jim: Authors of parse_datetime.
+ (line 6)
+* Middle of the archive, starting in the: Starting File. (line 11)
+* midnight in date strings: Time of day items. (line 21)
+* minute in date strings: Relative items in date strings.
+ (line 15)
+* minutes, time zone correction by: Time of day items. (line 29)
+* Modes of extracted files: Setting Access Permissions.
+ (line 6)
+* Modification time, excluding files by: after. (line 6)
+* Modification times of extracted files: Data Modification Times.
+ (line 6)
+* month in date strings: Relative items in date strings.
+ (line 15)
+* month names in date strings: Calendar date items. (line 38)
+* months, written-out: General date syntax. (line 32)
+* MT: General-Purpose Variables.
+ (line 74)
+* MT_BEGIN: Magnetic Tape Control.
+ (line 10)
+* MT_OFFLINE: Magnetic Tape Control.
+ (line 30)
+* MT_REWIND: Magnetic Tape Control.
+ (line 20)
+* MT_STATUS: Magnetic Tape Control.
+ (line 40)
+* Multi-volume archives: Multi-Volume Archives.
+ (line 6)
+* Multi-volume archives in PAX format, extracting using non-GNU tars: Split Recovery.
+ (line 17)
+* Multi-volume archives, extracting using non-GNU tars: Split Recovery.
+ (line 6)
+* multiple members: multiple. (line 6)
+* Naming an archive: file. (line 6)
+* negative time stamps: Large or Negative Values.
+ (line 6)
+* new-directory: warnings. (line 98)
+* next DAY: Day of week items. (line 15)
+* next in date strings: General date syntax. (line 22)
+* none: warnings. (line 29)
+* noon in date strings: Time of day items. (line 21)
+* now in date strings: Relative items in date strings.
+ (line 33)
+* ntape device: Many. (line 6)
+* 'NUL'-terminated file names: nul. (line 6)
+* Number of blocks per record: Blocking Factor. (line 6)
+* Number of bytes per record: Blocking Factor. (line 6)
+* numbered backup method: backup. (line 55)
+* numbers, written-out: General date syntax. (line 22)
+* Obtaining help: help. (line 26)
+* Obtaining total status information: verbose. (line 45)
+* Old GNU archive format: gnu. (line 6)
+* Old GNU sparse format: Old GNU Format. (line 6)
+* old option style: Old Options. (line 6)
+* old options with mandatory arguments: Old Options. (line 26)
+* Old style archives: old. (line 6)
+* Old style format: old. (line 6)
+* opt-doc-col: Configuring Help Summary.
+ (line 127)
+* option syntax, traditional: Old Options. (line 6)
+* optional arguments to long options: Long Options. (line 39)
+* optional arguments to short options: Short Options. (line 22)
+* options for use with '--extract': extract options. (line 6)
+* Options when reading archives: Reading. (line 6)
+* Options, archive format specifying: Format Variations. (line 6)
+* Options, format specifying: Format Variations. (line 6)
+* options, GNU style: Long Options. (line 6)
+* options, long style: Long Options. (line 6)
+* options, mixing different styles: Mixing. (line 6)
+* options, mnemonic names: Long Options. (line 6)
+* options, old style: Old Options. (line 6)
+* options, short style: Short Options. (line 6)
+* options, traditional: Short Options. (line 6)
+* ordinal numbers: General date syntax. (line 22)
+* Overwriting old files, prevention: Dealing with Old Files.
+ (line 16)
+* parse_datetime: Date input formats. (line 6)
+* pattern, 'genfile': Generate Mode. (line 39)
+* PAX archive format: posix. (line 6)
+* Permissions of extracted files: Setting Access Permissions.
+ (line 6)
+* Pinard, F.: Authors of parse_datetime.
+ (line 19)
+* pm in date strings: Time of day items. (line 21)
+* POSIX archive format: posix. (line 6)
+* Progress information: verbose. (line 82)
+* Protecting old files: Dealing with Old Files.
+ (line 36)
+* pure numbers in date strings: Pure numbers in date strings.
+ (line 6)
+* RCS, excluding files: exclude. (line 85)
+* Reading file names from a file: files. (line 6)
+* Reading incomplete records: Reading. (line 6)
+* record: Blocking. (line 6)
+* Record Size: Blocking Factor. (line 6)
+* 'Record size = %lu blocks', warning message: warnings. (line 89)
+* record-size: warnings. (line 89)
+* Records, incomplete: Reading. (line 6)
+* Recursion in directories, avoiding: recurse. (line 6)
+* relative items in date strings: Relative items in date strings.
+ (line 6)
+* Remote devices: file. (line 60)
+* remote tape drive: Remote Tape Server. (line 6)
+* Removing files from an archive: delete. (line 6)
+* rename-directory: warnings. (line 96)
+* Replacing members with other members: append. (line 47)
+* reporting bugs: Reports. (line 6)
+* RESTORE_BEGIN: User Hooks. (line 38)
+* RESTORE_END: User Hooks. (line 41)
+* Resurrecting files from an archive: extract. (line 6)
+* Retrieving files from an archive: extract. (line 6)
+* return status: Synopsis. (line 67)
+* rmargin: Configuring Help Summary.
+ (line 159)
+* rmt: Remote Tape Server. (line 6)
+* RSH: General-Purpose Variables.
+ (line 78)
+* RSH_COMMAND: General-Purpose Variables.
+ (line 83)
+* Running out of space: Scarce. (line 8)
+* Salz, Rich: Authors of parse_datetime.
+ (line 6)
+* SCCS, excluding files: exclude. (line 85)
+* short options: Short Options. (line 6)
+* short options with mandatory arguments: Short Options. (line 13)
+* short options with optional arguments: Short Options. (line 22)
+* short-opt-col: Configuring Help Summary.
+ (line 79)
+* simple backup method: backup. (line 64)
+* SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX: backup. (line 67)
+* 'sleep', checkpoint action: checkpoints. (line 145)
+* SLEEP_MESSAGE: General-Purpose Variables.
+ (line 121)
+* SLEEP_TIME: General-Purpose Variables.
+ (line 106)
+* Small memory: Scarce. (line 8)
+* snapshot file field ranges: Snapshot Files. (line 111)
+* snapshot file, format 0: Snapshot Files. (line 24)
+* snapshot file, format 1: Snapshot Files. (line 51)
+* snapshot file, format 2: Snapshot Files. (line 73)
+* snapshot files, editing: Fixing Snapshot Files.
+ (line 6)
+* snapshot files, fixing device numbers: Fixing Snapshot Files.
+ (line 6)
+* 'socket ignored', warning message: warnings. (line 45)
+* Sparse Files: sparse. (line 6)
+* sparse files v.0.0, extracting with non-GNU tars: Sparse Recovery.
+ (line 92)
+* sparse files v.0.1, extracting with non-GNU tars: Sparse Recovery.