NAME

     tar - tape archiver


SYNOPSIS

     tar [Fcotvxp] [f] tarfile file ...


OPTIONS

     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


DESCRIPTION

     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 3 files
     to another computer, but do not bet on it.   If  the  target
     machine runs MS-DOS , try doswrite .


SEE ALSO

     compress(1), vol(1).