5 \fBtar\fR [\fBFcotvxp\fR]\fR [\fBf\fR] \fItarfile \fIfile ...\fR
18 .FL "F" "Force tar to continue after an error"
19 .FL "c" "Create a new archive; add named files"
20 .FL "o" "Set uid/gid to original values on extraction"
21 .FL "f" "Next argument is name of tarfile"
22 .FL "t" "Print a table listing the archive's contents"
23 .FL "v" "Verbose mode-tell what is going on as it happens"
24 .FL "x" "The named files are extracted from the archive"
25 .FL "p" "Restore file modes, ignore creation mask"
26 .FL "D" "Directory only, do not recurse"
28 .EX "tar c /dev/fd1 ." "Back up current directory to \fI/dev/fd1\fR"
29 .EX "tar xv /dev/fd1 file1 file2" "Extract two files from the archive"
30 .EX "tar cf \- . | (cd dest; tar xf \-)" "Copy current directory to \fIdest\fR"
33 \fITar\fR is a POSIX-compatible archiver, except that it does not use tape.
34 It's primary advantage over
38 format is somewhat more standardized than the
40 format, making it theoretically possible to transport
42 files to another computer, but do not bet on it.
43 If the target machine runs
50 .\" minor correction ASW 2005-01-15