1 This is tar.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.8.90 from tar.texi.
3 This manual is for GNU `tar' (version 1.20, 14 April 2008), which
4 creates and extracts files from archives.
6 Copyright (C) 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003,
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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".
17 (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You have the freedom to copy
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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
\7f13470
42 Node: What tar Does
\7f15273
43 Node: Naming tar Archives
\7f18039
46 Node: Tutorial
\7f20932
47 Node: assumptions
\7f21745
48 Node: stylistic conventions
\7f24220
49 Node: basic tar options
\7f24663
50 Node: frequent operations
\7f28301
51 Node: Two Frequent Options
\7f28953
52 Node: file tutorial
\7f29584
53 Node: verbose tutorial
\7f30945
54 Ref: verbose member listing
\7f33159
55 Node: help tutorial
\7f35912
57 Node: prepare for examples
\7f37767
58 Node: Creating the archive
\7f39535
59 Node: create verbose
\7f42367
60 Node: short create
\7f43188
61 Node: create dir
\7f45941
63 Ref: listing member and file names
\7f49922
64 Node: list dir
\7f52203
66 Node: extracting archives
\7f54369
67 Node: extracting files
\7f54859
68 Ref: extracting files-Footnote-1
\7f57506
69 Node: extract dir
\7f57886
70 Node: extracting untrusted archives
\7f60269
71 Node: failing commands
\7f61148
72 Node: going further
\7f62248
73 Node: tar invocation
\7f62461
74 Node: Synopsis
\7f63973
75 Node: using tar options
\7f68942
76 Ref: TAR_OPTIONS
\7f70527
78 Node: Long Options
\7f73256
79 Node: Short Options
\7f75428
80 Ref: Short Options-Footnote-1
\7f77236
81 Node: Old Options
\7f77453
82 Ref: Old Options-Footnote-1
\7f80403
84 Ref: Mixing-Footnote-1
\7f82939
85 Node: All Options
\7f83059
86 Node: Operation Summary
\7f83664
88 Ref: --catenate
\7f83864
89 Ref: --compare
\7f83935
90 Ref: --concatenate
\7f84138
94 Ref: --extract
\7f84485
98 Node: Option Summary
\7f84923
99 Ref: --absolute-names
\7f85078
100 Ref: --after-date
\7f85256
101 Ref: --anchored
\7f85308
102 Ref: --atime-preserve
\7f85441
103 Ref: --auto-compress
\7f87956
104 Ref: --backup
\7f88112
105 Ref: --block-number
\7f88303
106 Ref: --blocking-factor
\7f88477
108 Ref: --check-device
\7f88736
109 Ref: --checkpoint
\7f88931
110 Ref: --checkpoint-action
\7f89372
111 Ref: --check-links
\7f90523
112 Ref: --compress
\7f90800
113 Ref: --uncompress
\7f90800
114 Ref: --confirmation
\7f91004
115 Ref: --delay-directory-restore
\7f91072
116 Ref: --dereference
\7f91273
117 Ref: --directory
\7f91458
118 Ref: --exclude
\7f91711
119 Ref: --exclude-from
\7f91830
120 Ref: --exclude-caches
\7f91976
121 Ref: --exclude-caches-under
\7f92170
122 Ref: --exclude-caches-all
\7f92348
123 Ref: --exclude-tag
\7f92477
124 Ref: --exclude-tag-under
\7f92632
125 Ref: --exclude-tag-all
\7f92800
126 Ref: --exclude-vcs
\7f92914
128 Ref: --files-from
\7f93269
129 Ref: --force-local
\7f93472
130 Ref: --format
\7f93663
133 Ref: --gunzip
\7f94681
134 Ref: --ungzip
\7f94681
135 Ref: --hard-dereference
\7f94904
137 Ref: --ignore-case
\7f95225
138 Ref: --ignore-command-error
\7f95352
139 Ref: --ignore-failed-read
\7f95463
140 Ref: --ignore-zeros
\7f95593
141 Ref: --incremental
\7f95738
142 Ref: --index-file
\7f96003
143 Ref: --info-script
\7f96088
144 Ref: --new-volume-script
\7f96088
145 Ref: --interactive
\7f96409
146 Ref: --keep-newer-files
\7f96621
147 Ref: --keep-old-files
\7f96763
149 Ref: --listed-incremental
\7f97182
153 Ref: --multi-volume
\7f98378
155 Ref: --newer-mtime
\7f98857
156 Ref: --no-anchored
\7f99081
157 Ref: --no-check-device
\7f99218
158 Ref: --no-delay-directory-restore
\7f99401
159 Ref: --no-ignore-case
\7f99654
160 Ref: --no-ignore-command-error
\7f99747
161 Ref: --no-overwrite-dir
\7f99902
162 Ref: --no-quote-chars
\7f100045
163 Ref: --no-recursion
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164 Ref: --no-same-owner
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165 Ref: --no-same-permissions
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166 Ref: --no-unquote
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167 Ref: --no-wildcards
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168 Ref: --no-wildcards-match-slash
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170 Ref: --numeric-owner
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171 Ref: --occurrence
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172 Ref: --old-archive
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173 Ref: --one-file-system
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174 Ref: --overwrite
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175 Ref: --overwrite-dir
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176 Ref: --owner
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177 Ref: --pax-option
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178 Ref: --portability
\7f103678
179 Ref: --posix
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180 Ref: --preserve
\7f103785
181 Ref: --preserve-order
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182 Ref: --preserve-permissions
\7f103987
183 Ref: --same-permissions
\7f103987
184 Ref: --quote-chars
\7f104401
185 Ref: --quoting-style
\7f104554
186 Ref: --read-full-records
\7f104875
187 Ref: --record-size
\7f105040
188 Ref: --recursion
\7f105171
189 Ref: --recursive-unlink
\7f105274
190 Ref: --remove-files
\7f105441
191 Ref: --restrict
\7f105587
192 Ref: --rmt-command
\7f105775
193 Ref: --rsh-command
\7f105916
194 Ref: --same-order
\7f106038
195 Ref: --same-owner
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197 Ref: --show-defaults
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198 Ref: --show-omitted-dirs
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199 Ref: --show-transformed-names
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200 Ref: --show-stored-names
\7f107486
201 Ref: --sparse
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202 Ref: --sparse-version
\7f108014
203 Ref: --starting-file
\7f108238
204 Ref: --strip-components
\7f108427
205 Ref: --suffix
\7f108739
206 Ref: --tape-length
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207 Ref: --test-label
\7f109029
208 Ref: --to-command
\7f109181
209 Ref: --to-stdout
\7f109340
210 Ref: --totals
\7f109493
211 Ref: --touch
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212 Ref: --transform
\7f109926
213 Ref: --unlink-first
\7f110518
214 Ref: --unquote
\7f110686
215 Ref: --use-compress-program
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217 Ref: --verbose
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218 Ref: --verify
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219 Ref: --version
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220 Ref: --volno-file
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221 Ref: --wildcards
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222 Ref: --wildcards-match-slash
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223 Ref: Option Summary-Footnote-1
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224 Node: Short Option Summary
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226 Ref: help-Footnote-1
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227 Node: defaults
\7f118460
228 Node: verbose
\7f119477
230 Ref: Progress information
\7f123368
231 Ref: show-omitted-dirs
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232 Ref: block-number
\7f124766
233 Ref: verbose-Footnote-1
\7f125793
234 Node: checkpoints
\7f125900
235 Node: interactive
\7f131291
236 Node: operations
\7f133374
237 Node: Basic tar
\7f133633
238 Ref: Basic tar-Footnote-1
\7f136737
239 Node: Advanced tar
\7f136881
240 Node: Operations
\7f137726
241 Node: append
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242 Ref: append-Footnote-1
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243 Node: appending files
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244 Node: multiple
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245 Node: update
\7f147498
246 Node: how to update
\7f148537
247 Node: concatenate
\7f150320
248 Ref: concatenate-Footnote-1
\7f153569
249 Node: delete
\7f153707
250 Node: compare
\7f155550
251 Node: create options
\7f157040
252 Node: override
\7f157498
253 Node: Ignore Failed Read
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254 Node: extract options
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255 Node: Reading
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256 Node: read full records
\7f163615
257 Node: Ignore Zeros
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258 Node: Writing
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259 Node: Dealing with Old Files
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260 Node: Overwrite Old Files
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261 Node: Keep Old Files
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262 Node: Keep Newer Files
\7f169893
263 Node: Unlink First
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264 Node: Recursive Unlink
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265 Node: Data Modification Times
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266 Node: Setting Access Permissions
\7f171950
267 Node: Directory Modification Times and Permissions
\7f172582
268 Node: Writing to Standard Output
\7f176188
269 Node: Writing to an External Program
\7f177723
270 Node: remove files
\7f180460
271 Node: Scarce
\7f180653
272 Node: Starting File
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273 Node: Same Order
\7f181721
274 Node: backup
\7f182557
275 Node: Applications
\7f185781
276 Node: looking ahead
\7f187294
277 Node: Backups
\7f188120
278 Node: Full Dumps
\7f189952
279 Node: Incremental Dumps
\7f191758
280 Ref: device numbers
\7f194894
281 Ref: incremental-op
\7f198876
282 Ref: Incremental Dumps-Footnote-1
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283 Ref: Incremental Dumps-Footnote-2
\7f199400
284 Node: Backup Levels
\7f199887
285 Node: Backup Parameters
\7f202274
286 Node: General-Purpose Variables
\7f203455
288 Node: Magnetic Tape Control
\7f208491
289 Node: User Hooks
\7f209828
290 Node: backup-specs example
\7f211156
291 Node: Scripted Backups
\7f212299
292 Ref: Scripted Backups-Footnote-1
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293 Node: Scripted Restoration
\7f215545
294 Node: Choosing
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296 Ref: remote-dev
\7f222037
297 Ref: local and remote archives
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298 Node: Selecting Archive Members
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299 Ref: input name quoting
\7f224140
301 Ref: files-Footnote-1
\7f229400
303 Node: exclude
\7f230855
304 Node: problems with exclude
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305 Node: wildcards
\7f237664
306 Node: controlling pattern-matching
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307 Ref: controlling pattern-matching-Footnote-1
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308 Node: quoting styles
\7f244454
309 Ref: escape sequences
\7f244800
310 Node: transform
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311 Ref: show-transformed-names
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313 Node: recurse
\7f260580
315 Node: directory
\7f264845
316 Node: absolute
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317 Ref: absolute-Footnote-1
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318 Node: Date input formats
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319 Node: General date syntax
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320 Node: Calendar date items
\7f276726
321 Node: Time of day items
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322 Node: Time zone items
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323 Node: Day of week items
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324 Node: Relative items in date strings
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325 Node: Pure numbers in date strings
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326 Node: Seconds since the Epoch
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327 Node: Specifying time zone rules
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328 Node: Authors of get_date
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329 Node: Formats
\7f291582
330 Node: Compression
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332 Ref: auto-compress
\7f299320
333 Ref: gzip-Footnote-1
\7f303156
334 Node: sparse
\7f303205
335 Node: Attributes
\7f306259
336 Node: Portability
\7f312230
337 Node: Portable Names
\7f313716
338 Node: dereference
\7f314421
339 Node: hard links
\7f315822
340 Ref: hard links-Footnote-1
\7f318780
345 Node: PAX keywords
\7f321969
346 Node: Checksumming
\7f326297
347 Node: Large or Negative Values
\7f328221
348 Node: Other Tars
\7f329821
349 Node: Split Recovery
\7f330957
350 Node: Sparse Recovery
\7f334689
351 Ref: extracting sparse v.0.x
\7f338322
352 Ref: Sparse Recovery-Footnote-1
\7f341611
353 Ref: Sparse Recovery-Footnote-2
\7f341634
356 Node: Device
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357 Node: Remote Tape Server
\7f353509
358 Node: Common Problems and Solutions
\7f357239
359 Node: Blocking
\7f357631
360 Node: Format Variations
\7f364138
361 Node: Blocking Factor
\7f365050
363 Node: Tape Positioning
\7f380498
365 Node: Using Multiple Tapes
\7f383926
366 Node: Multi-Volume Archives
\7f385992
367 Ref: tape-length
\7f387477
368 Ref: change volume prompt
\7f387781
369 Ref: volno-file
\7f388651
370 Ref: info-script
\7f389203
371 Ref: Multi-Volume Archives-Footnote-1
\7f394387
372 Ref: Multi-Volume Archives-Footnote-2
\7f394497
373 Node: Tape Files
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374 Node: Tarcat
\7f396048
376 Ref: --test-label option
\7f398722
377 Ref: label-Footnote-1
\7f401767
378 Node: verify
\7f402002
379 Node: Write Protection
\7f405302
380 Node: Changes
\7f406132
381 Node: Configuring Help Summary
\7f409717
382 Node: Fixing Snapshot Files
\7f416220
383 Node: Tar Internals
\7f418405
384 Node: Standard
\7f418737
385 Node: Extensions
\7f440938
386 Node: Sparse Formats
\7f443498
387 Node: Old GNU Format
\7f444788
390 Node: Snapshot Files
\7f452060
391 Node: Dumpdir
\7f456513
392 Node: Genfile
\7f459759
393 Node: Generate Mode
\7f460852
394 Node: Status Mode
\7f465149
395 Node: Exec Mode
\7f466948
396 Node: Free Software Needs Free Documentation
\7f469184
397 Node: Copying This Manual
\7f474155
398 Node: GNU Free Documentation License
\7f474437
399 Node: Index of Command Line Options
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