tar (1.35)
This is tar.info, produced by makeinfo version 6.7 from tar.texi.
This manual is for GNU ‘tar’ (version 1.35, 10 July 2023), which creates
and extracts files from archives.
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INFO-DIR-SECTION Archiving
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* Tar: (tar). Making tape (or disk) archives.
END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
INFO-DIR-SECTION Individual utilities
START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
* tar: (tar)tar invocation. Invoking GNU ‘tar’.
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File: tar.info, Node: Index, Prev: Index of Command Line Options, Up: Top
Appendix I Index
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* Menu:
* %s: Directory has been renamed from %s, warning message: Incremental Extraction Warnings.
(line 10)
* %s: Directory has been renamed, warning message: Incremental Extraction Warnings.
(line 10)
* %s: Directory is new, warning message: Incremental Extraction Warnings.
(line 14)
* %s: directory is on a different device: not purging, warning message: Incremental Extraction Warnings.
(line 17)
* %s: skipping existing file, warning message: Archive Extraction Warnings.
(line 10)
* –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: General Warnings. (line 16)
* abbreviations for months: Calendar date items. (line 36)
* 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: Warning Classes. (line 9)
* alone-zero-block: General Warnings. (line 15)
* alternative decompression programs: gzip. (line 62)
* 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 cannot contain itself; not dumped, warning message: Archive Creation Warnings.
(line 27)
* 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 148)
* 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)
* 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: Incremental Extraction Warnings.
(line 19)
* 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 148)
* 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: Archive Creation Warnings.
(line 9)
* calendar date item: Calendar date items. (line 6)
* case, ignored in dates: General date syntax. (line 60)
* cat vs concatenate: concatenate. (line 62)
* 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 62)
* Concatenating Archives: concatenate. (line 6)
* contains a cache directory tag, warning message: Archive Creation Warnings.
(line 10)
* contiguous-cast: Archive Extraction Warnings.
(line 16)
* corrupted archives: Full Dumps. (line 8)
* corrupted archives <1>: gzip. (line 151)
* Creation of the archive: create. (line 6)
* Current %s is newer or same age, warning message: Archive Extraction Warnings.
(line 27)
* 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 28)
* 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: Archive Extraction Warnings.
(line 32)
* 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: Archive Creation Warnings.
(line 19)
* 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 166)
* existing backup method: backup. (line 59)
* existing-file: Archive Extraction Warnings.
(line 9)
* exit status: Synopsis. (line 67)
* Extracting contiguous files as regular files, warning message: Archive Extraction Warnings.
(line 17)
* 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: Archive Creation Warnings.
(line 33)
* file is on a different filesystem, warning message: Archive Creation Warnings.
(line 16)
* file is unchanged; not dumped, warning message: Archive Creation Warnings.
(line 24)
* 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: General Warnings.
(line 10)
* file name read contains nul character, warning message <1>: General Warnings.
(line 13)
* 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: Archive Creation Warnings.
(line 30)
* File shrank by %s bytes, warning message: Archive Creation Warnings.
(line 13)
* File system boundaries, not crossing: one. (line 6)
* file-changed: Archive Creation Warnings.
(line 32)
* file-ignored: Archive Creation Warnings.
(line 18)
* file-removed: Archive Creation Warnings.
(line 29)
* file-shrank: Archive Creation Warnings.
(line 12)
* file-unchanged: Archive Creation Warnings.
(line 23)
* FILELIST: General-Purpose Variables.
(line 69)
* filename-with-nuls: General Warnings. (line 9)
* filename-with-nuls <1>: General Warnings. (line 12)
* 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)
* 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 209)
* gpg, using with tar: gzip. (line 209)
* 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: Archive Creation Warnings.
(line 26)
* ignore-newer: Archive Extraction Warnings.
(line 26)
* Ignoring end-of-archive blocks: Ignore Zeros. (line 6)
* Ignoring unknown extended header keyword '%s', warning message: Archive Extraction Warnings.
(line 30)
* implausibly old time stamp %s, warning message: Archive Extraction Warnings.
(line 13)
* 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 28)
* 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 27)
* 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: Incremental Extraction Warnings.
(line 20)
* 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)
* missing-zero-blocks: General Warnings. (line 19)
* 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 36)
* 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: Incremental Extraction Warnings.
(line 13)
* next DAY: Day of week items. (line 15)
* next in date strings: General date syntax. (line 22)
* none: Warning Classes. (line 12)
* 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: Archive Extraction Warnings.
(line 47)
* record-size: Archive Extraction Warnings.
(line 46)
* 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: Incremental Extraction Warnings.
(line 9)
* 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)
* Set File Time Mode, genfile: Set File Time. (line 6)
* 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: Archive Creation Warnings.
(line 19)
* 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.
(line 92)
* sparse files v.1.0, extracting with non-GNU tars: Sparse Recovery.
(line 17)
* Sparse files, creating using genfile: Generate Mode. (line 55)
* sparse files, extracting with non-GNU tars: Sparse Recovery.
(line 6)
* sparse formats: Sparse Formats. (line 6)
* sparse formats, defined: sparse. (line 52)
* sparse formats, Old GNU: Old GNU Format. (line 6)
* sparse formats, v.0.0: PAX 0. (line 6)
* sparse formats, v.0.1: PAX 0. (line 51)
* sparse formats, v.1.0: PAX 1. (line 6)
* sparse versions: Sparse Formats. (line 6)
* Specifying archive members: Selecting Archive Members.
(line 6)
* Specifying files to act on: Selecting Archive Members.
(line 6)
* Standard input and output: file. (line 39)
* Standard output, writing extracted files to: Writing to Standard Output.
(line 6)
* Storing archives in compressed format: gzip. (line 6)
* SVN, excluding files: exclude. (line 85)
* Symbolic link as file name: dereference. (line 6)
* symlink-cast: Archive Extraction Warnings.
(line 19)
* TAPE: file tutorial. (line 14)
* tape blocking: Blocking Factor. (line 189)
* tape marks: Many. (line 43)
* tape positioning: Many. (line 26)
* Tapes, using --delete and: delete. (line 17)
* TAPE_FILE: General-Purpose Variables.
(line 18)
* tar: What tar Does. (line 6)
* TAR: General-Purpose Variables.
(line 126)
* tar archive: Definitions. (line 6)
* Tar archive formats: Formats. (line 6)
* tar entry: Naming tar Archives. (line 11)
* tar file: Naming tar Archives. (line 11)
* tar to a remote device: file. (line 60)
* tar to standard input and output: file. (line 39)
* tar-snapshot-edit: Fixing Snapshot Files.
(line 17)
* tarcat: Tarcat. (line 6)
* TAR_ARCHIVE, checkpoint script environment: checkpoints. (line 182)
* TAR_ARCHIVE, info script environment variable: Multi-Volume Archives.
(line 105)
* TAR_ARCHIVE, to-command environment: Writing to an External Program.
(line 79)
* TAR_ATIME, to-command environment: Writing to an External Program.
(line 52)
* TAR_BLOCKING_FACTOR, checkpoint script environment: checkpoints.
(line 185)
* TAR_BLOCKING_FACTOR, info script environment variable: Multi-Volume Archives.
(line 108)
* TAR_BLOCKING_FACTOR, to-command environment: Writing to an External Program.
(line 82)
* TAR_CHECKPOINT, checkpoint script environment: checkpoints. (line 188)
* TAR_CTIME, to-command environment: Writing to an External Program.
(line 61)
* TAR_FD, info script environment variable: Multi-Volume Archives.
(line 122)
* TAR_FILENAME, to-command environment: Writing to an External Program.
(line 40)
* TAR_FILETYPE, to-command environment: Writing to an External Program.
(line 24)
* TAR_FORMAT, checkpoint script environment: checkpoints. (line 195)
* TAR_FORMAT, info script environment variable: Multi-Volume Archives.
(line 118)
* TAR_FORMAT, to-command environment: Writing to an External Program.
(line 88)
* TAR_GID, to-command environment: Writing to an External Program.
(line 70)
* TAR_GNAME, to-command environment: Writing to an External Program.
(line 49)
* TAR_MODE, to-command environment: Writing to an External Program.
(line 37)
* TAR_MTIME, to-command environment: Writing to an External Program.
(line 58)
* TAR_OPTIONS, environment variable: using tar options. (line 30)
* TAR_REALNAME, to-command environment: Writing to an External Program.
(line 43)
* TAR_SIZE, to-command environment: Writing to an External Program.
(line 64)
* TAR_SUBCOMMAND, checkpoint script environment: checkpoints. (line 191)
* TAR_SUBCOMMAND, info script environment variable: Multi-Volume Archives.
(line 114)
* TAR_UID, to-command environment: Writing to an External Program.
(line 67)
* TAR_UNAME, to-command environment: Writing to an External Program.
(line 46)
* TAR_VERSION, checkpoint script environment: checkpoints. (line 179)
* TAR_VERSION, info script environment variable: Multi-Volume Archives.
(line 102)
* TAR_VERSION, to-command environment: Writing to an External Program.
(line 76)
* TAR_VOLUME, info script environment variable: Multi-Volume Archives.
(line 111)
* TAR_VOLUME, to-command environment: Writing to an External Program.
(line 85)
* Terminating zero blocks missing, warning message.: General Warnings.
(line 20)
* this in date strings: Relative items in date strings.
(line 33)
* time of day item: Time of day items. (line 6)
* time stamp %s is %s s in the future, warning message: Archive Extraction Warnings.
(line 13)
* time zone correction: Time of day items. (line 29)
* time zone item: General date syntax. (line 40)
* time zone item <1>: Time zone items. (line 6)
* timestamp: Archive Extraction Warnings.
(line 12)
* today in date strings: Relative items in date strings.
(line 33)
* tomorrow in date strings: Relative items in date strings.
(line 29)
* totals, checkpoint action: checkpoints. (line 140)
* ttyout, checkpoint action: checkpoints. (line 111)
* TZ: Specifying time zone rules.
(line 6)
* Ultrix 3.1 and write failure: Remote Tape Server. (line 40)
* Unknown file type '%c', extracted as normal file, warning message: Archive Extraction Warnings.
(line 24)
* Unknown file type; file ignored, warning message: Archive Creation Warnings.
(line 19)
* unknown-cast: Archive Extraction Warnings.
(line 23)
* unknown-keyword: Archive Extraction Warnings.
(line 29)
* unpacking: Definitions. (line 22)
* Updating an archive: update. (line 6)
* usage-indent: Configuring Help Summary.
(line 155)
* Using encrypted archives: gzip. (line 209)
* ustar archive format: ustar. (line 6)
* v7 archive format: old. (line 6)
* VCS, excluding files: exclude. (line 85)
* VCS, excluding patterns from ignore files: exclude. (line 37)
* VCS, ignore files: exclude. (line 37)
* verbose: Warning Classes. (line 15)
* Verbose operation: verbose. (line 18)
* Verifying a write operation: verify. (line 6)
* Verifying the currency of an archive: compare. (line 6)
* version control system, excluding files: exclude. (line 85)
* Version of the tar program: help. (line 6)
* version-control Emacs variable: backup. (line 49)
* VERSION_CONTROL: backup. (line 41)
* volno file: Multi-Volume Archives.
(line 74)
* VOLNO_FILE: General-Purpose Variables.
(line 89)
* Volume label, listing: label. (line 27)
* Volume number file: Multi-Volume Archives.
(line 74)
* wait, checkpoint action: checkpoints. (line 151)
* week in date strings: Relative items in date strings.
(line 15)
* Where is the archive?: file. (line 6)
* Working directory, specifying: directory. (line 6)
* Writing extracted files to standard output: Writing to Standard Output.
(line 6)
* Writing new archives: file. (line 34)
* xdev: Archive Creation Warnings.
(line 15)
* xdev <1>: Incremental Extraction Warnings.
(line 16)
* XLIST: General-Purpose Variables.
(line 95)
* xsparse: Sparse Recovery. (line 13)
* year in date strings: Relative items in date strings.
(line 15)
* yesterday in date strings: Relative items in date strings.
(line 29)
* zstd: gzip. (line 6)
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