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@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ OPTIONS
(c and r modes only) Issue a warning message unless all links to
each file are archived.
+ --chroot (-W chroot)
+ (x mode only) chroot() to the current directory after processing
+ any -C options and before extracting any files.
+
--exclude pattern (-W exclude=pattern)
Do not process files or directories that match the specified pat-
tern. Note that exclusions take precedence over patterns or
@@ -95,15 +99,6 @@ OPTIONS
not specified, the default tape device will be used. (On
FreeBSD, the default tape device is /dev/sa0.)
- --fast-read (-W fast-read)
- (x and t mode only) Extract or list only the first archive entry
- that matches each pattern or filename operand. Exit as soon as
- each specified pattern or filename has been matched. By default,
- the archive is always read to the very end, since there can be
- multiple entries with the same name and, by convention, later
- entries overwrite earlier entries. This option is provided as a
- performance optimization.
-
-H (c and r mode only) Symbolic links named on the command line will
be followed; the target of the link will be archived, not the
link itself.
@@ -200,6 +195,15 @@ OPTIONS
is being run by root, the default is to restore the owner unless
the -o option is also specified.
+ -q (--fast-read)
+ (x and t mode only) Extract or list only the first archive entry
+ that matches each pattern or filename operand. Exit as soon as
+ each specified pattern or filename has been matched. By default,
+ the archive is always read to the very end, since there can be
+ multiple entries with the same name and, by convention, later
+ entries overwrite earlier entries. This option is provided as a
+ performance optimization.
+
--strip-components count (-W strip-components=count)
(x and t mode only) Remove the specified number of leading path
elements. Pathnames with fewer elements will be silently
@@ -252,6 +256,11 @@ OPTIONS
other tar implementations, this implementation recognizes gzip
compression automatically when reading archives.
+ -Z (c mode only) Compress the resulting archive with compress(1).
+ In extract or list modes, this option is ignored. Note that,
+ unlike other tar implementations, this implementation recognizes
+ compress compression automatically when reading archives.
+
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables affect the execution of tar:
@@ -363,8 +372,8 @@ SECURITY
ries.
SEE ALSO
- bzip2(1), cpio(1), gzip(1), mt(1), pax(1), shar(1), libarchive(3),
- libarchive-formats(5), tar(5)
+ bzip2(1), compress(1), cpio(1), gzip(1), mt(1), pax(1), shar(1),
+ libarchive(3), libarchive-formats(5), tar(5)
STANDARDS
There is no current POSIX standard for the tar command; it appeared in