TAR(1) BSD Reference Manual TAR(1)NAMEtar - write tar format archives
SYNOPSIStar [-]{crtux}[befmopvwBHLPX] [tarfile] [blocksize] file1 [file2...]
DESCRIPTION
The tar command is implemented as a front-end to pax(1).
Tar will read old or standard tar format archives, and write old tar
archives. The default blocksize for character special archive files is
10240. All blocksizes less than or equal to 32256 that are multiples of
512 are supported.
OPTIONS
As in historical tar implementations you may omit the initial dash `-' on
the option bundle. One and only one of the following is required:
-c Create a new tarfile.
-r Append the named files.
-t Print table of contents.
-u Files are appended as with -r.
-x Extract the named files.
The optional arguments are:
-b Set blocking factor (requires argument blocksize).
-e stop after first error
-f Specify archive name (requires argument tarfile), default is
$TAPE.
-m Do not preserve modification time of extracted files.
-o Write very old style tar archive, omitting the storage of direc-
tories.
-p Preserve file User Id, Group Id, file mode, and access/modifica-
tion times.
-v Verbose.
-w Interactive file rename.
-B Ignore blocking (this is the default, this option is for compati-
bility only).
-H Only follow symlinks listed on the command line.
-L Follow all symbolic links to perform a logical file system
traversal.
-P Do not follow symbolic links, perform a physical file system
traversal. This is the default mode.
-X Do not cross filesystem mount points.
EXAMPLEStar cvf tarfile /usr
Archive everything under /usr.
tar tvf tarfile
List the contents of the tarfile archive.
SEE ALSOpax(1)BUGS
A case can be made that tar should write standard archives by default,
rather than old-style archives.
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