1 1 Appendix I Index of Command Line Options 1 **************************************** 1 1 This appendix contains an index of all GNU 'tar' long command line 1 options. The options are listed without the preceding double-dash. For 11 a cross-reference of short command line options, see ⇒Short Option Summary. 1 1 [index ]
1 · absolute-names absolute. (line 10) · absolute-names, summary Option Summary. (line 6) · acls, summary Option Summary. (line 14) · add-file files. (line 79) · after-date after. (line 24) · after-date, summary Option Summary. (line 17) · anchored controlling pattern-matching. 1 (line 78) · anchored, summary Option Summary. (line 21) · append append. (line 6) · append <1> appending files. (line 6) · append, summary Operation Summary. (line 6) · atime-preserve Attributes. (line 10) · atime-preserve, summary Option Summary. (line 25) · auto-compress gzip. (line 150) · auto-compress, summary Option Summary. (line 71) · backup backup. (line 41) · backup, summary Option Summary. (line 78) · block-number verbose. (line 112) · block-number, summary Option Summary. (line 84) · blocking-factor Blocking Factor. (line 8) · blocking-factor, summary Option Summary. (line 91) · bzip2, summary Option Summary. (line 97) · catenate concatenate. (line 6) · catenate, summary Operation Summary. (line 11) · check-device, described Incremental Dumps. (line 107) · check-device, summary Option Summary. (line 103) · check-links, described hard links. (line 31) · check-links, summary Option Summary. (line 155) · checkpoint checkpoints. (line 6) · checkpoint, defined checkpoints. (line 13) · checkpoint, summary Option Summary. (line 108) · checkpoint-action checkpoints. (line 6) · checkpoint-action, defined checkpoints. (line 22) · checkpoint-action, summary Option Summary. (line 117) · clamp-mtime, summary Option Summary. (line 172) · compare compare. (line 6) · compare, summary Operation Summary. (line 16) · compress gzip. (line 113) · compress, summary Option Summary. (line 164) · concatenate concatenate. (line 6) · concatenate, summary Operation Summary. (line 23) · confirmation, summary Option Summary. (line 176) · create, additional options create options. (line 6) · create, complementary notes Basic tar. (line 11) · create, introduced Creating the archive. 1 (line 6) · create, summary Operation Summary. (line 29) · create, using with --verbose create verbose. (line 6) · create, using with --verify verify. (line 24) · delay-directory-restore Directory Modification Times and Permissions. 1 (line 62) · delay-directory-restore, summary Option Summary. (line 180) · delete delete. (line 6) · delete, summary Operation Summary. (line 34) · delete, using before -append append. (line 47) · dereference dereference. (line 6) · dereference, summary Option Summary. (line 186) · diff, summary Operation Summary. (line 39) · directory directory. (line 11) · directory, summary Option Summary. (line 193) · exclude exclude. (line 6) · exclude <1> exclude. (line 9) · exclude, potential problems with problems with exclude. 1 (line 6) · exclude, summary Option Summary. (line 201) · exclude-backups exclude. (line 114) · exclude-backups, summary Option Summary. (line 206) · exclude-caches exclude. (line 134) · exclude-caches, summary Option Summary. (line 215) · exclude-caches-all exclude. (line 142) · exclude-caches-all, summary Option Summary. (line 230) · exclude-caches-under exclude. (line 138) · exclude-caches-under, summary Option Summary. (line 223) · exclude-from exclude. (line 6) · exclude-from <1> exclude. (line 20) · exclude-from, summary Option Summary. (line 209) · exclude-ignore exclude. (line 76) · exclude-ignore, summary Option Summary. (line 235) · exclude-ignore-recursive exclude. (line 81) · exclude-ignore-recursive, summary Option Summary. (line 240) · exclude-tag exclude. (line 151) · exclude-tag, summary Option Summary. (line 245) · exclude-tag-all exclude. (line 159) · exclude-tag-all, summary Option Summary. (line 257) · exclude-tag-under exclude. (line 155) · exclude-tag-under, summary Option Summary. (line 251) · exclude-vcs exclude. (line 85) · exclude-vcs, summary Option Summary. (line 262) · exclude-vcs-ignores exclude. (line 42) · exclude-vcs-ignores, summary Option Summary. (line 269) · extract extract. (line 6) · extract, additional options extract options. (line 6) · extract, complementary notes Basic tar. (line 49) · extract, summary Operation Summary. (line 44) · extract, using with --listed-incremental Incremental Dumps. 1 (line 120) · file file. (line 6) · file, short description file. (line 15) · file, summary Option Summary. (line 277) · file, tutorial file tutorial. (line 6) · files-from files. (line 14) · files-from, summary Option Summary. (line 284) · force-local, short description Device. (line 70) · force-local, summary Option Summary. (line 291) · format, summary Option Summary. (line 297) · full-time, summary Option Summary. (line 322) · get, summary Operation Summary. (line 50) · group override. (line 99) · group, summary Option Summary. (line 340) · group-map, summary Option Summary. (line 350) · gunzip, summary Option Summary. (line 360) · gzip gzip. (line 91) · gzip, summary Option Summary. (line 360) · hard-dereference, described hard links. (line 59) · hard-dereference, summary Option Summary. (line 369) · help help tutorial. (line 6) · help, introduction help. (line 26) · help, summary Option Summary. (line 375) · hole-detection sparse. (line 66) · hole-detection, summary Option Summary. (line 381) · ignore-case controlling pattern-matching. 1 (line 85) · ignore-case, summary Option Summary. (line 386) · ignore-command-error Writing to an External Program. 1 (line 111) · ignore-command-error, summary Option Summary. (line 390) · ignore-failed-read Ignore Failed Read. (line 7) · ignore-failed-read, summary Option Summary. (line 394) · ignore-zeros Ignore Zeros. (line 6) · ignore-zeros, short description Blocking Factor. (line 152) · ignore-zeros, summary Option Summary. (line 399) · incremental, summary Option Summary. (line 405) · incremental, using with --list Incremental Dumps. (line 185) · index-file, summary Option Summary. (line 413) · info-script Multi-Volume Archives. 1 (line 83) · info-script, short description Device. (line 121) · info-script, summary Option Summary. (line 417) · interactive interactive. (line 14) · interactive, summary Option Summary. (line 426) · keep-directory-symlink, summary Option Summary. (line 434) · keep-newer-files Keep Newer Files. (line 6) · keep-newer-files, summary Option Summary. (line 448) · keep-old-files Keep Old Files. (line 9) · keep-old-files, introduced Dealing with Old Files. 1 (line 16) · keep-old-files, summary Option Summary. (line 453) · label Tape Files. (line 6) · label <1> label. (line 6) · label, summary Option Summary. (line 462) · level, described Incremental Dumps. (line 75) · level, summary Option Summary. (line 470) · list list. (line 6) · list, summary Operation Summary. (line 55) · list, using with --incremental Incremental Dumps. (line 185) · list, using with --listed-incremental Incremental Dumps. (line 185) · list, using with --verbose list. (line 34) · list, using with file name arguments list. (line 25) · listed-incremental, described Incremental Dumps. (line 14) · listed-incremental, summary Option Summary. (line 480) · listed-incremental, using with --extract Incremental Dumps. 1 (line 120) · listed-incremental, using with --list Incremental Dumps. (line 185) · lzip gzip. (line 104) · lzip, summary Option Summary. (line 489) · lzma gzip. (line 107) · lzma, summary Option Summary. (line 494) · lzop gzip. (line 110) · mode override. (line 14) · mode, summary Option Summary. (line 504) · mtime override. (line 30) · mtime, summary Option Summary. (line 511) · multi-volume Multi-Volume Archives. 1 (line 6) · multi-volume, short description Device. (line 88) · multi-volume, summary Option Summary. (line 526) · new-volume-script Multi-Volume Archives. 1 (line 83) · new-volume-script, short description Device. (line 121) · new-volume-script, summary Option Summary. (line 417) · new-volume-script, summary <1> Option Summary. (line 532) · newer after. (line 24) · newer, summary Option Summary. (line 536) · newer-mtime after. (line 35) · newer-mtime, summary Option Summary. (line 545) · no-acls, summary Option Summary. (line 551) · no-anchored controlling pattern-matching. 1 (line 78) · no-anchored, summary Option Summary. (line 555) · no-auto-compress, summary Option Summary. (line 559) · no-check-device, described Incremental Dumps. (line 103) · no-check-device, summary Option Summary. (line 564) · no-delay-directory-restore Directory Modification Times and Permissions. 1 (line 68) · no-delay-directory-restore, summary Option Summary. (line 569) · no-ignore-case controlling pattern-matching. 1 (line 85) · no-ignore-case, summary Option Summary. (line 575) · no-ignore-command-error Writing to an External Program. 1 (line 116) · no-ignore-command-error, summary Option Summary. (line 578) · no-null, described nul. (line 15) · no-null, summary Option Summary. (line 582) · no-overwrite-dir, summary Option Summary. (line 588) · no-quote-chars, summary Option Summary. (line 593) · no-recursion recurse. (line 11) · no-recursion, summary Option Summary. (line 598) · no-same-owner Attributes. (line 63) · no-same-owner, summary Option Summary. (line 603) · no-same-permissions, summary Option Summary. (line 610) · no-seek, summary Option Summary. (line 616) · no-selinux, summary Option Summary. (line 622) · no-unquote Selecting Archive Members. 1 (line 42) · no-unquote, summary Option Summary. (line 626) · no-verbatim-files-from files. (line 75) · no-verbatim-files-from, summary Option Summary. (line 630) · no-wildcards controlling pattern-matching. 1 (line 41) · no-wildcards, summary Option Summary. (line 644) · no-wildcards-match-slash controlling pattern-matching. 1 (line 91) · no-wildcards-match-slash, summary Option Summary. (line 647) · no-xattrs, summary Option Summary. (line 650) · null, described nul. (line 11) · null, summary Option Summary. (line 654) · numeric-owner Attributes. (line 69) · numeric-owner, summary Option Summary. (line 667) · occurrence, described append. (line 34) · occurrence, summary Option Summary. (line 685) · old-archive, summary Option Summary. (line 700) · one-file-system one. (line 14) · one-file-system, summary Option Summary. (line 703) · one-top-level, summary Option Summary. (line 708) · overwrite Overwrite Old Files. 1 (line 6) · overwrite, introduced Dealing with Old Files. 1 (line 32) · overwrite, summary Option Summary. (line 719) · overwrite-dir Overwrite Old Files. 1 (line 28) · overwrite-dir, introduced Dealing with Old Files. 1 (line 6) · overwrite-dir, summary Option Summary. (line 724) · owner override. (line 67) · owner, summary Option Summary. (line 729) · owner-map, summary Option Summary. (line 739) · pax-option PAX keywords. (line 6) · pax-option, summary Option Summary. (line 749) · portability, summary Option Summary. (line 755) · posix, summary Option Summary. (line 759) · preserve-order Same Order. (line 6) · preserve-order, summary Option Summary. (line 762) · preserve-permissions Setting Access Permissions. 1 (line 10) · preserve-permissions, short description Attributes. (line 109) · preserve-permissions, summary Option Summary. (line 766) · quote-chars, summary Option Summary. (line 777) · quoting-style quoting styles. (line 36) · quoting-style, summary Option Summary. (line 781) · read-full-records Reading. (line 6) · read-full-records <1> read full records. (line 6) · read-full-records, short description Blocking Factor. (line 168) · read-full-records, summary Option Summary. (line 788) · record-size, summary Option Summary. (line 794) · recursion recurse. (line 22) · recursion, summary Option Summary. (line 802) · recursive-unlink Recursive Unlink. (line 6) · recursive-unlink, summary Option Summary. (line 807) · remove-files remove files. (line 6) · remove-files, summary Option Summary. (line 812) · restrict, summary Option Summary. (line 817) · rmt-command, summary Option Summary. (line 823) · rsh-command Device. (line 73) · rsh-command, summary Option Summary. (line 828) · same-order Same Order. (line 6) · same-order, summary Option Summary. (line 833) · same-owner Attributes. (line 44) · same-owner, summary Option Summary. (line 842) · same-permissions Setting Access Permissions. 1 (line 10) · same-permissions, short description Attributes. (line 109) · same-permissions, summary Option Summary. (line 766) · same-permissions, summary <1> Option Summary. (line 849) · seek, summary Option Summary. (line 853) · selinux, summary Option Summary. (line 863) · show-defaults defaults. (line 6) · show-defaults, summary Option Summary. (line 867) · show-omitted-dirs verbose. (line 105) · show-omitted-dirs, summary Option Summary. (line 880) · show-snapshot-field-ranges Snapshot Files. (line 111) · show-snapshot-field-ranges, summary Option Summary. (line 885) · show-stored-names list. (line 68) · show-stored-names, summary Option Summary. (line 891) · show-transformed-names transform. (line 45) · show-transformed-names, summary Option Summary. (line 891) · skip-old-files, introduced Dealing with Old Files. 1 (line 28) · skip-old-files, summary Option Summary. (line 900) · sort, summary Option Summary. (line 913) · sparse sparse. (line 24) · sparse, summary Option Summary. (line 930) · sparse-version sparse. (line 59) · sparse-version, summary Option Summary. (line 936) · starting-file Starting File. (line 6) · starting-file, summary Option Summary. (line 942) · strip-components transform. (line 25) · strip-components, summary Option Summary. (line 949) · suffix backup. (line 67) · suffix, summary Option Summary. (line 960) · tape-length Multi-Volume Archives. 1 (line 33) · tape-length, short description Device. (line 96) · tape-length, summary Option Summary. (line 965) · test-label label. (line 35) · test-label, summary Option Summary. (line 976) · to-command Writing to an External Program. 1 (line 9) · to-command, summary Option Summary. (line 981) · to-stdout Writing to Standard Output. 1 (line 14) · to-stdout, summary Option Summary. (line 986) · totals verbose. (line 45) · totals, summary Option Summary. (line 992) · touch Data Modification Times. 1 (line 15) · touch <1> Attributes. (line 33) · touch, summary Option Summary. (line 998) · transform transform. (line 74) · transform, summary Option Summary. (line 1005) · uncompress gzip. (line 113) · uncompress, summary Option Summary. (line 164) · uncompress, summary <1> Option Summary. (line 1019) · ungzip gzip. (line 91) · ungzip, summary Option Summary. (line 360) · ungzip, summary <1> Option Summary. (line 1023) · unlink-first Unlink First. (line 6) · unlink-first, introduced Dealing with Old Files. 1 (line 51) · unlink-first, summary Option Summary. (line 1027) · unquote Selecting Archive Members. 1 (line 39) · unquote, summary Option Summary. (line 1033) · update update. (line 6) · update <1> how to update. (line 6) · update, summary Operation Summary. (line 60) · usage help. (line 53) · use-compress-program gzip. (line 172) · use-compress-program, summary Option Summary. (line 1037) · utc, summary Option Summary. (line 1043) · verbatim-files-from files. (line 70) · verbatim-files-from, summary Option Summary. (line 1048) · verbose verbose. (line 18) · verbose, introduced verbose tutorial. (line 6) · verbose, summary Option Summary. (line 1070) · verbose, using with --create create verbose. (line 6) · verbose, using with --list list. (line 34) · verify, short description verify. (line 8) · verify, summary Option Summary. (line 1078) · verify, using with --create verify. (line 24) · version help. (line 6) · version, summary Option Summary. (line 1084) · volno-file Multi-Volume Archives. 1 (line 74) · volno-file, summary Option Summary. (line 1090) · warning, explained warnings. (line 12) · warning, summary Option Summary. (line 1096) · wildcards controlling pattern-matching. 1 (line 38) · wildcards, summary Option Summary. (line 1102) · wildcards-match-slash controlling pattern-matching. 1 (line 91) · wildcards-match-slash, summary Option Summary. (line 1106) · xattrs, summary Option Summary. (line 1109) · xattrs-exclude, summary Option Summary. (line 1113) · xattrs-include, summary Option Summary. (line 1117) · xform transform. (line 74) · xform, summary Option Summary. (line 1005) · xz gzip. (line 96) · xz, summary Option Summary. (line 1123) 1