NAME
suntar - create tape archives and add or extract files
SYNOPSIS
suntar command [ options ] file1 ... filen
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents an emulation of the Sun version of tar. It has been implemented on top of the star program.
For a description of the Sun tar program check the Sun tar manual page.
OPTIONS
EXTENDED OPTIONS
The extended options are options taken from star.
- --help
-
Prints a summary of the most important options for suntar(1) and exits.
- --xhelp
-
Prints a summary of the less important options for suntar(1) and exits.
- --version
-
Prints the suntar version number string and exists.
- --debug
-
print additional debug messages
- xdebug=#
- xd=#
-
set extended debug level
- -/
-
don't strip leading '/'s from file names
- -..
-
don't skip filenames that contain '..' in non-interactive extract
- --secure-links
-
don't extract links that start with '/' or contain '..'
- --acl
-
handle access control lists
- --xfflags
-
handle extended file flags
- bs=#
-
set (output) block size to #
- fs=#
-
set fifo size to #
- --no-fsync
-
do not call fsync() for each extracted file (may be dangerous)
- --time
-
print timing info
- --no-statistics
-
do not print statistics
- --fifostats
-
print fifo statistics
- --no-fifo
-
don't use a fifo to optimize data flow from/to tape
- --numeric
-
don't use user/group name from tape
- -z
-
pipe input/output through gzip, does not work on tapes
- --bz
-
pipe input/output through bzip2, does not work on tapes
The options above are not defined by Sun tar.
For a complete documentation of the star based optione check star(1).
EXAMPLES
ENVIRONMENT
FILES
SEE ALSO
spax(1), suntar(1), scpio(1), tar(1), cpio(1), pax(1), rcp(1), mt(1), rmt(1), match(1), dd(1), sdd(1), rsh(1), ssh(1), star(1), star(4/5), rcmd(3), fssnap(1m)
DIAGNOSTICS
NOTES
This suntar implementation is based on the star implementation and does not implement all features of the original Sun tar program.
BUGS
AUTHOR
Joerg Schilling Seestr. 110 D-13353 Berlin Germany
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