---
name: "tartest"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "star"
version: "1.5a67-1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tartest"
---

# tartest(1)

test tar archive for POSIX.1-1990 compliance

## NAME

tartest - test tar archive for POSIX.1-1990 compliance

## SYNOPSIS

**tartest** \[ *options* \] *\< file*

## DESCRIPTION

**Tartest** reads a tar archive from  **stdin** and checks this archive for compliance with POSIX.1-1990.

## OPTIONS

All options can be abbreviated by their first letter.

- **-help**

  Print a short help message.

- **-v**

  print all filenames during verification.

## ENVIRONMENT

none

## FILES

none

## NOTES

As **tartest** is limited to tests the data that is delivered by the tar archiver that is going to be checked, it cannot tests if the tar archiver in question will produce correct archives under all circumstances. There may be borderline cases that  trigger bugs in the tar archiver.

If you like to to a more complete test, you should have a look at the file **READE.quicktest** in the directory  **testscripts** of either the  **star** distribution or the ftp server.

## BUGS