| Index Entry | | Section |
|
% | | |
| ‘%s: Directory has been renamed from %s’, warning message: | | warnings |
| ‘%s: Directory has been renamed’, warning message: | | warnings |
| ‘%s: Directory is new’, warning message: | | warnings |
| ‘%s: directory is on a different device: not purging’, warning message: | | warnings |
| ‘%s: skipping existing file’, warning message: | | warnings |
|
- | | |
| –after-date and –update compared: | | after |
| –newer-mtime and –update compared: | | after |
| –quite, option: | | Generate Mode |
|
. | | |
| .bzrignore : | | exclude |
| .cvsignore : | | exclude |
| .gitignore : | | exclude |
| .hgignore : | | exclude |
|
A | | |
| ‘A lone zero block at’, warning message: | | warnings |
| abbreviations for months: | | Calendar date items |
| absolute file names: | | absolute |
| absolute file names: | | Remote Tape Server |
| Adding archives to an archive: | | concatenate |
| Adding files to an Archive: | | appending files |
| ADMINISTRATOR : | | General-Purpose Variables |
| Age, excluding files by: | | after |
| ago in date strings : | | Relative items in date strings |
| all : | | warnings |
| alone-zero-block : | | warnings |
| alternative decompression programs: | | gzip |
| am in date strings : | | Time of day items |
| Appending files to an Archive: | | appending files |
| appending files to existing archive: | | append |
| Arch, excluding files: | | exclude |
| archive: | | Definitions |
| Archive creation: | | file |
| archive member: | | Definitions |
| Archive Name: | | file |
| Archive, creation of: | | create |
| Archives, Appending files to: | | appending files |
| archives, binary equivalent: | | PAX keywords |
| Archiving Directories: | | create dir |
| archiving files: | | Top |
| ARGP_HELP_FMT, environment variable : | | Configuring Help Summary |
| arguments to long options: | | Long Options |
| arguments to old options: | | Old Options |
| arguments to short options: | | Short Options |
| ‘Attempting extraction of symbolic links as hard links’, warning message: | | warnings |
| attributes, files: | | Attributes |
| authors of parse_datetime : | | Authors of parse_datetime |
| Avoiding recursion in directories: | | recurse |
|
B | | |
| backup options: | | backup |
| backup suffix: | | backup |
| backups: | | backup |
| backups: | | Backups |
| BACKUP_DIRS : | | General-Purpose Variables |
| BACKUP_FILES : | | General-Purpose Variables |
| BACKUP_HOUR : | | General-Purpose Variables |
| bad-dumpdir : | | warnings |
| basic operations: | | Operations |
| Bazaar, excluding files: | | exclude |
| Bazaar, ignore files: | | exclude |
| beginning of time, for POSIX: | | Seconds since the Epoch |
| bell , checkpoint action: | | checkpoints |
| Bellovin, Steven M.: | | Authors of parse_datetime |
| Berets, Jim: | | Authors of parse_datetime |
| Berry, K.: | | Authors of parse_datetime |
| binary equivalent archives, creating: | | PAX keywords |
| block: | | Blocking |
| Block number where error occurred: | | verbose |
| BLOCKING : | | General-Purpose Variables |
| Blocking Factor: | | Blocking Factor |
| blocking factor: | | Blocking Factor |
| Blocks per record: | | Blocking Factor |
| bug reports: | | Reports |
| Bytes per record: | | Blocking Factor |
| bzip2: | | gzip |
|
C | | |
| cachedir : | | warnings |
| calendar date item: | | Calendar date items |
| case, ignored in dates: | | General date syntax |
| cat vs concatenate : | | concatenate |
| Changing directory mid-stream: | | directory |
| Character class, excluding characters from: | | wildcards |
| checkpoints, defined: | | checkpoints |
| Choosing an archive file: | | file |
| combined date and time of day item: | | Combined date and time of day items |
| comments, in dates: | | General date syntax |
| compress: | | gzip |
| Compressed archives: | | gzip |
| concatenate vs cat : | | concatenate |
| Concatenating Archives: | | concatenate |
| ‘contains a cache directory tag’, warning message: | | warnings |
| contiguous-cast : | | warnings |
| corrupted archives: | | Full Dumps |
| corrupted archives: | | gzip |
| Creation of the archive: | | create |
| ‘Current %s is newer or same age’, warning message: | | warnings |
| CVS, excluding files: | | exclude |
| CVS, ignore files: | | exclude |
|
D | | |
| Darcs, excluding files: | | exclude |
| DAT blocking: | | Blocking Factor |
| Data Modification time, excluding files by: | | after |
| Data modification times of extracted files: | | Data Modification Times |
| date and time of day format, ISO 8601: | | Combined date and time of day items |
| date format, ISO 8601: | | Calendar date items |
| date input formats: | | Date input formats |
| day in date strings : | | Relative items in date strings |
| day in date strings : | | Relative items in date strings |
| day of week item: | | Day of week items |
| decompress-program : | | warnings |
| Deleting files from an archive: | | delete |
| Deleting from tape archives: | | delete |
| dereferencing hard links: | | hard links |
| Descending directories, avoiding: | | recurse |
| Device numbers, changing: | | Fixing Snapshot Files |
| Device numbers, using in incremental backups: | | Incremental Dumps |
| Directories, Archiving: | | create dir |
| Directories, avoiding recursion: | | recurse |
| Directory, changing mid-stream: | | directory |
| DIRLIST : | | General-Purpose Variables |
| displacement of dates: | | Relative items in date strings |
| doc-opt-col : | | Configuring Help Summary |
| ‘door ignored’, warning message: | | warnings |
| dot , checkpoint action: | | checkpoints |
| Double-checking a write operation: | | verify |
| dumps, full: | | Full Dumps |
| DUMP_BEGIN : | | User Hooks |
| DUMP_END : | | User Hooks |
| DUMP_REMIND_SCRIPT : | | General-Purpose Variables |
| dup-args : | | Configuring Help Summary |
| dup-args-note : | | Configuring Help Summary |
|
E | | |
| echo , checkpoint action: | | checkpoints |
| Eggert, Paul: | | Authors of parse_datetime |
| End-of-archive blocks, ignoring: | | Ignore Zeros |
| End-of-archive info script: | | Multi-Volume Archives |
| entry: | | Naming tar Archives |
| Epoch, for POSIX: | | Seconds since the Epoch |
| Error message, block number of: | | verbose |
| Exabyte blocking: | | Blocking Factor |
| exclude : | | exclude |
| exclude-caches : | | exclude |
| exclude-from : | | exclude |
| exclude-tag : | | exclude |
| Excluding characters from a character class: | | wildcards |
| Excluding file by age: | | after |
| Excluding files by file system: | | exclude |
| Excluding files by name and pattern: | | exclude |
| Exec Mode, genfile : | | Exec Mode |
| exec , checkpoint action: | | checkpoints |
| existing backup method: | | backup |
| existing-file : | | warnings |
| exit status: | | Synopsis |
| ‘Extracting contiguous files as regular files’, warning message: | | warnings |
| extracting nth copy of the file: | | append |
| extraction: | | Definitions |
| Extraction: | | extract |
|
F | | |
| file archival: | | Top |
| file attributes: | | Attributes |
| ‘file changed as we read it’, warning message: | | warnings |
| ‘file is on a different filesystem’, warning message: | | warnings |
| ‘file is the archive; not dumped’, warning message: | | warnings |
| ‘file is the archive; not dumped’, warning message: | | warnings |
| ‘file is unchanged; not dumped’, warning message: | | warnings |
| File lists separated by NUL characters: | | Generate Mode |
| file name: | | Definitions |
| File Name arguments, alternatives: | | files |
| File name arguments, using --list with: | | list |
| ‘file name read contains nul character’, warning message: | | warnings |
| file names, absolute: | | absolute |
| File names, excluding files by: | | exclude |
| File names, terminated by NUL : | | nul |
| File names, using hard links: | | hard links |
| File names, using symbolic links: | | dereference |
| ‘File removed before we read it’, warning message: | | warnings |
| ‘File shrank by %s bytes’, warning message: | | warnings |
| File system boundaries, not crossing: | | one |
| file-changed : | | warnings |
| file-ignored : | | warnings |
| file-removed : | | warnings |
| file-shrank : | | warnings |
| file-unchanged : | | warnings |
| FILELIST : | | General-Purpose Variables |
| filename-with-nuls : | | warnings |
| find , using with tar : | | files |
| find , using with tar : | | recurse |
| first in date strings : | | General date syntax |
| format 0, snapshot file: | | Snapshot Files |
| format 1, snapshot file: | | Snapshot Files |
| format 2, snapshot file: | | Snapshot Files |
| Format Options: | | Format Variations |
| Format Parameters: | | Format Variations |
| Format, old style: | | old |
| fortnight in date strings : | | Relative items in date strings |
| full dumps: | | Full Dumps |
| future time stamps: | | Large or Negative Values |
|
G | | |
| general date syntax: | | General date syntax |
| Generate Mode, genfile : | | Generate Mode |
| genfile: | | Genfile |
| genfile , create file: | | Generate Mode |
| genfile , creating sparse files: | | Generate Mode |
| genfile , generate mode: | | Generate Mode |
| genfile , reading a list of file names: | | Generate Mode |
| genfile , seeking to a given offset: | | Generate Mode |
| Getting program version number: | | help |
| git, excluding files: | | exclude |
| Git, ignore files: | | exclude |
| GNU archive format: | | gnu |
| GNU.sparse.major, extended header variable : | | PAX 1 |
| GNU.sparse.map, extended header variable : | | PAX 0 |
| GNU.sparse.minor, extended header variable : | | PAX 1 |
| GNU.sparse.name, extended header variable : | | PAX 0 |
| GNU.sparse.name, extended header variable, in v.1.0 : | | PAX 1 |
| GNU.sparse.numblocks, extended header variable : | | PAX 0 |
| GNU.sparse.numbytes, extended header variable : | | PAX 0 |
| GNU.sparse.offset, extended header variable : | | PAX 0 |
| GNU.sparse.realsize, extended header variable : | | PAX 1 |
| GNU.sparse.size, extended header variable : | | PAX 0 |
| gnupg, using with tar: | | gzip |
| gpg, using with tar: | | gzip |
| gzip: | | gzip |
|
H | | |
| hard links, dereferencing: | | hard links |
| header-col : | | Configuring Help Summary |
| hole detection: | | sparse |
| hook : | | User Hooks |
| hour in date strings : | | Relative items in date strings |
|
I | | |
| ignore-archive : | | warnings |
| ignore-archive : | | warnings |
| ignore-newer : | | warnings |
| Ignoring end-of-archive blocks: | | Ignore Zeros |
| ‘Ignoring unknown extended header keyword '%s'’, warning message: | | warnings |
| ‘implausibly old time stamp %s’, warning message: | | warnings |
| Info script: | | Multi-Volume Archives |
| Interactive operation: | | interactive |
| ISO 8601 date and time of day format: | | Combined date and time of day items |
| ISO 8601 date format: | | Calendar date items |
| items in date strings: | | General date syntax |
|
L | | |
| Labeling an archive: | | label |
| labeling archives: | | Tape Files |
| Labeling multi-volume archives: | | label |
| Labels on the archive media: | | label |
| language, in dates: | | General date syntax |
| language, in dates: | | General date syntax |
| Large lists of file names on small machines: | | Same Order |
| large values: | | Large or Negative Values |
| last day : | | Day of week items |
| last in date strings : | | General date syntax |
| Laszlo Ersek: | | lbzip2 |
| lbzip2: | | lbzip2 |
| leap seconds: | | General date syntax |
| leap seconds: | | Time of day items |
| leap seconds: | | Seconds since the Epoch |
| Listing all tar options: | | help |
| listing member and file names: | | list |
| Listing volume label: | | label |
| Lists of file names: | | files |
| Local and remote archives: | | file |
| long options: | | Long Options |
| long options with mandatory arguments: | | Long Options |
| long options with optional arguments: | | Long Options |
| long-opt-col : | | Configuring Help Summary |
| lzip: | | gzip |
| lzma: | | gzip |
| lzop: | | gzip |
|
M | | |
| MacKenzie, David: | | Authors of parse_datetime |
| ‘Malformed dumpdir: 'X' never used’, warning message: | | warnings |
| member: | | Definitions |
| member name: | | Definitions |
| members, multiple: | | multiple |
| Members, replacing with other members: | | append |
| Mercurial, excluding files: | | exclude |
| Mercurial, ignore files: | | exclude |
| Meyering, Jim: | | Authors of parse_datetime |
| Middle of the archive, starting in the: | | Starting File |
| midnight in date strings : | | Time of day items |
| minute in date strings : | | Relative items in date strings |
| minutes, time zone correction by: | | Time of day items |
| Modes of extracted files: | | Setting Access Permissions |
| Modification time, excluding files by: | | after |
| Modification times of extracted files: | | Data Modification Times |
| month in date strings : | | Relative items in date strings |
| month names in date strings: | | Calendar date items |
| months, written-out: | | General date syntax |
| MT : | | General-Purpose Variables |
| MT_BEGIN : | | Magnetic Tape Control |
| MT_OFFLINE : | | Magnetic Tape Control |
| MT_REWIND : | | Magnetic Tape Control |
| MT_STATUS : | | Magnetic Tape Control |
| Multi-volume archives: | | Multi-Volume Archives |
| Multi-volume archives in PAX format, extracting using non-GNU tars: | | Split Recovery |
| Multi-volume archives, extracting using non-GNU tars: | | Split Recovery |
| multiple members: | | multiple |
|
N | | |
| Naming an archive: | | file |
| negative time stamps: | | Large or Negative Values |
| new-directory : | | warnings |
| next day : | | Day of week items |
| next in date strings : | | General date syntax |
| none : | | warnings |
| noon in date strings : | | Time of day items |
| now in date strings : | | Relative items in date strings |
| ntape device : | | Many |
| NUL -terminated file names: | | nul |
| Number of blocks per record: | | Blocking Factor |
| Number of bytes per record: | | Blocking Factor |
| numbered backup method: | | backup |
| numbers, written-out: | | General date syntax |
|
O | | |
| Obtaining help: | | help |
| Obtaining total status information: | | verbose |
| Old GNU archive format: | | gnu |
| Old GNU sparse format: | | Old GNU Format |
| old option style: | | Old Options |
| old options with mandatory arguments: | | Old Options |
| Old style archives: | | old |
| Old style format: | | old |
| opt-doc-col : | | Configuring Help Summary |
| option syntax, traditional: | | Old Options |
| optional arguments to long options: | | Long Options |
| optional arguments to short options: | | Short Options |
| options for use with --extract: | | extract options |
| Options when reading archives: | | Reading |
| Options, archive format specifying: | | Format Variations |
| Options, format specifying: | | Format Variations |
| options, GNU style: | | Long Options |
| options, long style: | | Long Options |
| options, mixing different styles: | | Mixing |
| options, mnemonic names: | | Long Options |
| options, old style: | | Old Options |
| options, short style: | | Short Options |
| options, traditional: | | Short Options |
| ordinal numbers: | | General date syntax |
| Overwriting old files, prevention: | | Dealing with Old Files |
|
P | | |
| parse_datetime : | | Date input formats |
| pattern, genfile : | | Generate Mode |
| PAX archive format: | | posix |
| Permissions of extracted files: | | Setting Access Permissions |
| Pinard, F.: | | Authors of parse_datetime |
| pm in date strings : | | Time of day items |
| POSIX archive format: | | posix |
| Progress information: | | verbose |
| Protecting old files: | | Dealing with Old Files |
| pure numbers in date strings: | | Pure numbers in date strings |
|
R | | |
| RCS, excluding files: | | exclude |
| Reading file names from a file: | | files |
| Reading incomplete records: | | Reading |
| record: | | Blocking |
| Record Size: | | Blocking Factor |
| ‘Record size = %lu blocks’, warning message: | | warnings |
| record-size : | | warnings |
| Records, incomplete: | | Reading |
| Recursion in directories, avoiding: | | recurse |
| relative items in date strings: | | Relative items in date strings |
| Remote devices: | | file |
| remote tape drive: | | Remote Tape Server |
| Removing files from an archive: | | delete |
| rename-directory : | | warnings |
| Replacing members with other members: | | append |
| reporting bugs: | | Reports |
| RESTORE_BEGIN : | | User Hooks |
| RESTORE_END : | | User Hooks |
| Resurrecting files from an archive: | | extract |
| Retrieving files from an archive: | | extract |
| return status: | | Synopsis |
| rmargin : | | Configuring Help Summary |
| rmt : | | Remote Tape Server |
| RSH : | | General-Purpose Variables |
| RSH_COMMAND : | | General-Purpose Variables |
| Running out of space: | | Scarce |
|
S | | |
| Salz, Rich: | | Authors of parse_datetime |
| SCCS, excluding files: | | exclude |
| short options: | | Short Options |
| short options with mandatory arguments: | | Short Options |
| short options with optional arguments: | | Short Options |
| short-opt-col : | | Configuring Help Summary |
| simple backup method: | | backup |
| SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX : | | backup |
| sleep , checkpoint action: | | checkpoints |
| SLEEP_MESSAGE : | | General-Purpose Variables |
| SLEEP_TIME : | | General-Purpose Variables |
| Small memory: | | Scarce |
| snapshot file field ranges: | | Snapshot Files |
| snapshot file, format 0: | | Snapshot Files |
| snapshot file, format 1: | | Snapshot Files |
| snapshot file, format 2: | | Snapshot Files |
| snapshot files, editing: | | Fixing Snapshot Files |
| snapshot files, fixing device numbers: | | Fixing Snapshot Files |
| ‘socket ignored’, warning message: | | warnings |
| Sparse Files: | | sparse |
| sparse files v.0.0, extracting with non-GNU tars: | | Sparse Recovery |
| sparse files v.0.1, extracting with non-GNU tars: | | Sparse Recovery |
| sparse files v.1.0, extracting with non-GNU tars: | | Sparse Recovery |
| Sparse files, creating using genfile : | | Generate Mode |
| sparse files, extracting with non-GNU tars: | | Sparse Recovery |
| sparse formats: | | Sparse Formats |
| sparse formats, defined: | | sparse |
| sparse formats, Old GNU: | | Old GNU Format |
| sparse formats, v.0.0: | | PAX 0 |
| sparse formats, v.0.1: | | PAX 0 |
| sparse formats, v.1.0: | | PAX 1 |
| sparse versions: | | Sparse Formats |
| Specifying archive members: | | Selecting Archive Members |
| Specifying files to act on: | | Selecting Archive Members |
| Standard input and output: | | file |
| Standard output, writing extracted files to: | | Writing to Standard Output |
| Storing archives in compressed format: | | gzip |
| SVN, excluding files: | | exclude |
| Symbolic link as file name: | | dereference |
| symlink-cast : | | warnings |
|
T | | |
| TAPE : | | file tutorial |
| tape blocking: | | Blocking Factor |
| tape marks: | | Many |
| tape positioning: | | Many |
| Tapes, using --delete and: | | delete |
| TAPE_FILE : | | General-Purpose Variables |
| tar: | | What tar Does |
| TAR : | | General-Purpose Variables |
| tar archive: | | Definitions |
| Tar archive formats: | | Formats |
| tar entry: | | Naming tar Archives |
| tar file: | | Naming tar Archives |
| tar to a remote device: | | file |
| tar to standard input and output: | | file |
| tar-snapshot-edit : | | Fixing Snapshot Files |
| tarcat : | | Tarcat |
| TAR_ARCHIVE, checkpoint script environment : | | checkpoints |
| TAR_ARCHIVE, info script environment variable : | | Multi-Volume Archives |
| TAR_ARCHIVE, to-command environment : | | Writing to an External Program |
| TAR_ATIME, to-command environment : | | Writing to an External Program |
| TAR_BLOCKING_FACTOR, checkpoint script environment : | | checkpoints |
| TAR_BLOCKING_FACTOR, info script environment variable : | | Multi-Volume Archives |
| TAR_BLOCKING_FACTOR, to-command environment : | | Writing to an External Program |
| TAR_CHECKPOINT, checkpoint script environment : | | checkpoints |
| TAR_CTIME, to-command environment : | | Writing to an External Program |
| TAR_FD, info script environment variable : | | Multi-Volume Archives |
| TAR_FILENAME, to-command environment : | | Writing to an External Program |
| TAR_FILETYPE, to-command environment : | | Writing to an External Program |
| TAR_FORMAT, checkpoint script environment : | | checkpoints |
| TAR_FORMAT, info script environment variable : | | Multi-Volume Archives |
| TAR_FORMAT, to-command environment : | | Writing to an External Program |
| TAR_GID, to-command environment : | | Writing to an External Program |
| TAR_GNAME, to-command environment : | | Writing to an External Program |
| TAR_MODE, to-command environment : | | Writing to an External Program |
| TAR_MTIME, to-command environment : | | Writing to an External Program |
| TAR_OPTIONS, environment variable : | | using tar options |
| TAR_REALNAME, to-command environment : | | Writing to an External Program |
| TAR_SIZE, to-command environment : | | Writing to an External Program |
| TAR_SUBCOMMAND, checkpoint script environment : | | checkpoints |
| TAR_SUBCOMMAND, info script environment variable : | | Multi-Volume Archives |
| TAR_UID, to-command environment : | | Writing to an External Program |
| TAR_UNAME, to-command environment : | | Writing to an External Program |
| TAR_VERSION, checkpoint script environment : | | checkpoints |
| TAR_VERSION, info script environment variable : | | Multi-Volume Archives |
| TAR_VERSION, to-command environment : | | Writing to an External Program |
| TAR_VOLUME, info script environment variable : | | Multi-Volume Archives |
| TAR_VOLUME, to-command environment : | | Writing to an External Program |
| this in date strings : | | Relative items in date strings |
| time of day item: | | Time of day items |
| ‘time stamp %s is %s s in the future’, warning message: | | warnings |
| time zone correction: | | Time of day items |
| time zone item: | | General date syntax |
| time zone item: | | Time zone items |
| timestamp : | | warnings |
| today in date strings : | | Relative items in date strings |
| tomorrow in date strings : | | Relative items in date strings |
| totals , checkpoint action: | | checkpoints |
| ttyout , checkpoint action: | | checkpoints |
| TZ : | | Specifying time zone rules |
|
U | | |
| Ultrix 3.1 and write failure: | | Remote Tape Server |
| ‘Unknown file type '%c', extracted as normal file’, warning message: | | warnings |
| ‘Unknown file type; file ignored’, warning message: | | warnings |
| unknown-cast : | | warnings |
| unknown-keyword : | | warnings |
| unpacking: | | Definitions |
| Updating an archive: | | update |
| usage-indent : | | Configuring Help Summary |
| Using encrypted archives: | | gzip |
| ustar archive format: | | ustar |
|
V | | |
| v7 archive format: | | old |
| VCS, excluding files: | | exclude |
| VCS, excluding patterns from ignore files: | | exclude |
| VCS, ignore files: | | exclude |
| Verbose operation: | | verbose |
| Verifying a write operation: | | verify |
| Verifying the currency of an archive: | | compare |
| version control system, excluding files: | | exclude |
| Version of the tar program: | | help |
| version-control Emacs variable : | | backup |
| VERSION_CONTROL : | | backup |
| volno file: | | Multi-Volume Archives |
| VOLNO_FILE : | | General-Purpose Variables |
| Volume label, listing: | | label |
| Volume number file: | | Multi-Volume Archives |
|
W | | |
| wait , checkpoint action: | | checkpoints |
| week in date strings : | | Relative items in date strings |
| Where is the archive?: | | file |
| Working directory, specifying: | | directory |
| Writing extracted files to standard output: | | Writing to Standard Output |
| Writing new archives: | | file |
|
X | | |
| xdev : | | warnings |
| xdev : | | warnings |
| XLIST : | | General-Purpose Variables |
| xsparse : | | Sparse Recovery |
|
Y | | |
| year in date strings : | | Relative items in date strings |
| yesterday in date strings : | | Relative items in date strings |
|
Z | | |
| zstd: | | gzip |
|