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GNU tar: an archiver tool
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GNU `tar' creates and extracts files from archives.
This manual documents version 1.13.25 of GNU `tar'.
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Menu
* Introduction
* Tutorial
* tar invocation
* operations
* Backups
* Choosing
* Date input formats
* Formats
* Media
* Free Software Needs Free Documentation
* Copying This Manual
* Index
--- The Detailed Node Listing ---
Introduction
* Book Contents What this Book Contains
* Definitions Some Definitions
* What tar Does What `tar' Does
* Naming tar Archives How `tar' Archives are Named
* posix compliance
* Authors GNU `tar' Authors
* Reports Reporting bugs or suggestions
Tutorial Introduction to `tar'
* assumptions
* stylistic conventions
* basic tar options Basic `tar' Operations and Options
* frequent operations
* Two Frequent Options
* create How to Create Archives
* list How to List Archives
* extract How to Extract Members from an Archive
* going further
Two Frequently Used Options
* file tutorial
* verbose tutorial
* help tutorial
How to Create Archives
* prepare for examples
* Creating the archive
* create verbose
* short create
* create dir
How to List Archives
* list dir
How to Extract Members from an Archive
* extracting archives
* extracting files
* extract dir
* failing commands
Invoking GNU `tar'
* Synopsis
* using tar options
* Styles
* All Options
* help
* verbose
* interactive
The Three Option Styles
* Mnemonic Options Mnemonic Option Style
* Short Options Short Option Style
* Old Options Old Option Style
* Mixing Mixing Option Styles
All `tar' Options
* Operation Summary
* Option Summary
* Short Option Summary
GNU `tar' Operations
* Basic tar
* Advanced tar
* create options
* extract options
* backup
* Applications
* looking ahead
Advanced GNU `tar' Operations
* Operations
* current state
* append
* update
* concatenate
* delete
* compare
How to Add Files to Existing Archives: `--append'
* appending files Appending Files to an Archive
* multiple
Updating an Archive
* how to update
Options Used by `--create'
* Ignore Failed Read
Options Used by `--extract'
* Reading Options to Help Read Archives
* Writing Changing How `tar' Writes Files
* Scarce Coping with Scarce Resources
Options to Help Read Archives
* read full records
* Ignore Zeros
Changing How `tar' Writes Files
* Dealing with Old Files
* Overwrite Old Files
* Keep Old Files
* Unlink First
* Recursive Unlink
* Modification Times
* Setting Access Permissions
* Writing to Standard Output
* remove files
Coping with Scarce Resources
* Starting File
* Same Order
Performing Backups and Restoring Files
* Full Dumps Using `tar' to Perform Full Dumps
* Inc Dumps Using `tar' to Perform Incremental Dumps
* incremental and listed-incremental The Incremental Options
* Backup Levels Levels of Backups
* Backup Parameters Setting Parameters for Backups and Restoration
* Scripted Backups Using the Backup Scripts
* Scripted Restoration Using the Restore Script
Setting Parameters for Backups and Restoration
* backup-specs example An Example Text of `Backup-specs'
* Script Syntax Syntax for `Backup-specs'
Choosing Files and Names for `tar'
* file Choosing the Archive's Name
* Selecting Archive Members
* files Reading Names from a File
* exclude Excluding Some Files
* Wildcards
* after Operating Only on New Files
* recurse Descending into Directories
* one Crossing Filesystem Boundaries
Reading Names from a File
* nul
Excluding Some Files
* controlling pattern-patching with exclude
* problems with exclude
Crossing Filesystem Boundaries
* directory Changing Directory
* absolute Absolute File Names
Date input formats
* General date syntax Common rules.
* Calendar date items 19 Dec 1994.
* Time of day items 9:20pm.
* Time zone items EST, PDT, GMT, ...
* Day of week items Monday and others.
* Relative items in date strings next tuesday, 2 years ago.
* Pure numbers in date strings 19931219, 1440.
* Authors of getdate Bellovin, Eggert, Salz, Berets, et al.
Controlling the Archive Format
* Portability Making `tar' Archives More Portable
* Compression Using Less Space through Compression
* Attributes Handling File Attributes
* Standard The Standard Format
* Extensions GNU Extensions to the Archive Format
* cpio Comparison of `tar' and `cpio'
Making `tar' Archives More Portable
* Portable Names Portable Names
* dereference Symbolic Links
* old Old V7 Archives
* posix POSIX archives
* Checksumming Checksumming Problems
* Large or Negative Values Large files, negative time stamps, etc.
Using Less Space through Compression
* gzip Creating and Reading Compressed Archives
* sparse Archiving Sparse Files
Tapes and Other Archive Media
* Device Device selection and switching
* Remote Tape Server
* Common Problems and Solutions
* Blocking Blocking
* Many Many archives on one tape
* Using Multiple Tapes Using Multiple Tapes
* label Including a Label in the Archive
* verify
* Write Protection
Blocking
* Format Variations Format Variations
* Blocking Factor The Blocking Factor of an Archive
Many Archives on One Tape
* Tape Positioning Tape Positions and Tape Marks
* mt The `mt' Utility
Using Multiple Tapes
* Multi-Volume Archives Archives Longer than One Tape or Disk
* Tape Files Tape Files
Copying This Manual
* GNU Free Documentation License License for copying this manual
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