bsd tar doc

By Xah Lee. Date: .

bsd tar doc

tar --version
bsdtar 3.8.4 - libarchive 3.8.4 zlib/1.2.13.1-motley liblzma/5.8.1 bz2lib/1.0.8 libzstd/1.5.7 cng/2.0 libb2/bundled
tar -h
tar.exe(bsdtar): manipulate archive files
First option must be a mode specifier:
  -c Create  -r Add/Replace  -t List  -u Update  -x Extract
Common Options:
  -b #  Use # 512-byte records per I/O block
  -f <filename>  Location of archive (default \\.\tape0)
  -v    Verbose
  -w    Interactive
Create: tar.exe -c [options] [<file> | <dir> | @<archive> | -C <dir> ]
  <file>, <dir>  add these items to archive
  -z, -j, -J, --lzma  Compress archive with gzip/bzip2/xz/lzma
  --format {ustar|pax|cpio|shar}  Select archive format
  --exclude <pattern>  Skip files that match pattern
  --mtime <date>  Set modification times for added files
  --clamp-mtime   Only set modification times for files newer than --mtime
  -C <dir>  Change to <dir> before processing remaining files
  @<archive>  Add entries from <archive> to output
List: tar.exe -t [options] [<patterns>]
  <patterns>  If specified, list only entries that match
Extract: tar.exe -x [options] [<patterns>]
  <patterns>  If specified, extract only entries that match
  -k    Keep (don't overwrite) existing files
  -m    Don't restore modification times
  -O    Write entries to stdout, don't restore to disk
  -p    Restore permissions (including ACLs, owner, file flags)
bsdtar 3.8.4 - libarchive 3.8.4 zlib/1.2.13.1-motley liblzma/5.8.1 bz2lib/1.0.8 libzstd/1.5.7 cng/2.0 libb2/bundled

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