




Command:   tar - tape archiver
Syntax:    tar [Fcotvxp] [f] tarfile file ...
Flags:     F   Force tar to continue after an error
           c   Create a new archive; add named files
           o   Set uid/gid to original values on extraction
           f   Next argument is name of tarfile
           t   Print a table listing the archive's contents
           v   Verbose mode-tell what is going on as it happens
           x   The named files are extracted from the archive
           p   Restore file modes, ignore creation mask
           D   Directory only, do not recurse
Examples:  tar c /dev/fd1 .         #  Back  up  current  directory   to
                                      /dev/fd1
           tar xv /dev/fd1 file1 file2 #  Extract  two  files  from  the
                                      archive
           tar cf - | (cd dest; tar xf -) # Copy  current  directory  to
                                      dest

     Tar is a POSIX-compatible archiver, except that  it  does  not  use
tape.  It's primary advantage over ar is that the tar format is somewhat
more standardized than the ar format, making it  theoretically  possible
to  transport MINIX files to another computer, but do not bet on it.  If
the target machine runs MS-DOS, try doswrite.



































                                                                        

