Appendix H Index of Command Line Options

This appendix contains an index of all GNU tar long command line options. The options are listed without the preceding double-dash. For a cross-reference of short command line options, see Short Option Summary.

• absolute-names: absolute
• absolute-names, summary: Option Summary
• add-file: files
• after-date: after
• after-date, summary: Option Summary
• anchored: controlling pattern-matching
• anchored, summary: Option Summary
• append: appending files
• append: append
• append, summary: Operation Summary
• atime-preserve: Attributes
• atime-preserve, summary: Option Summary
• auto-compress: gzip
• auto-compress, summary: Option Summary
• backup: backup
• backup, summary: Option Summary
• block-number: verbose
• block-number, summary: Option Summary
• blocking-factor: Blocking Factor
• blocking-factor, summary: Option Summary
• bzip2, summary: Option Summary
• catenate: concatenate
• catenate, summary: Operation Summary
• check-device, described: Incremental Dumps
• check-device, summary: Option Summary
• check-links, described: hard links
• check-links, summary: Option Summary
• checkpoint: checkpoints
• checkpoint, defined: checkpoints
• checkpoint, summary: Option Summary
• checkpoint-action: checkpoints
• checkpoint-action, defined: checkpoints
• checkpoint-action, summary: Option Summary
• compare: compare
• compare, summary: Operation Summary
• compress: gzip
• compress, summary: Option Summary
• concatenate: concatenate
• concatenate, summary: Operation Summary
• confirmation, summary: Option Summary
• create, additional options: create options
• create, complementary notes: Basic tar
• create, introduced: Creating the archive
• create, summary: Operation Summary
• create, using with --verbose: create verbose
• create, using with --verify: verify
• delay-directory-restore: Directory Modification Times and Permissions
• delay-directory-restore, summary: Option Summary
• delete: delete
• delete, summary: Operation Summary
• delete, using before --append: append
• dereference: dereference
• dereference, summary: Option Summary
• diff, summary: Operation Summary
• directory: directory
• directory, summary: Option Summary
• directory, using in --files-from argument: files
• exclude: exclude
• exclude, potential problems with: problems with exclude
• exclude, summary: Option Summary
• exclude-backups: exclude
• exclude-backups, summary: Option Summary
• exclude-caches: exclude
• exclude-caches, summary: Option Summary
• exclude-caches-all: exclude
• exclude-caches-all, summary: Option Summary
• exclude-caches-under: exclude
• exclude-caches-under, summary: Option Summary
• exclude-from: exclude
• exclude-from, summary: Option Summary
• exclude-tag: exclude
• exclude-tag, summary: Option Summary
• exclude-tag-all: exclude
• exclude-tag-all, summary: Option Summary
• exclude-tag-under: exclude
• exclude-tag-under, summary: Option Summary
• exclude-vcs: exclude
• exclude-vcs, summary: Option Summary
• extract: extract
• extract, additional options: extract options
• extract, complementary notes: Basic tar
• extract, summary: Operation Summary
• extract, using with --listed-incremental: Incremental Dumps
• file: file
• file, short description: file
• file, summary: Option Summary
• file, tutorial: file tutorial
• files-from: files
• files-from, summary: Option Summary
• force-local, short description: Device
• force-local, summary: Option Summary
• format, summary: Option Summary
• full-time, summary: Option Summary
• get, summary: Operation Summary
• group: override
• group, summary: Option Summary
• gunzip, summary: Option Summary
• gzip: gzip
• gzip, summary: Option Summary
• hard-dereference, described: hard links
• hard-dereference, summary: Option Summary
• help: help tutorial
• help, introduction: help
• help, summary: Option Summary
• ignore-case: controlling pattern-matching
• ignore-case, summary: Option Summary
• ignore-command-error: Writing to an External Program
• ignore-command-error, summary: Option Summary
• ignore-failed-read: Ignore Failed Read
• ignore-failed-read, summary: Option Summary
• ignore-zeros: Ignore Zeros
• ignore-zeros, short description: Blocking Factor
• ignore-zeros, summary: Option Summary
• incremental, summary: Option Summary
• incremental, using with --list: Incremental Dumps
• index-file, summary: Option Summary
• info-script: Multi-Volume Archives
• info-script, short description: Device
• info-script, summary: Option Summary
• interactive: interactive
• interactive, summary: Option Summary
• keep-newer-files: Keep Newer Files
• keep-newer-files, summary: Option Summary
• keep-old-files: Keep Old Files
• keep-old-files, introduced: Dealing with Old Files
• keep-old-files, summary: Option Summary
• label: label
• label: Tape Files
• label, summary: Option Summary
• level, described: Incremental Dumps
• level, summary: Option Summary
• list: list
• list, summary: Operation Summary
• list, using with --incremental: Incremental Dumps
• list, using with --listed-incremental: Incremental Dumps
• list, using with --verbose: list
• list, using with file name arguments: list
• listed-incremental, described: Incremental Dumps
• listed-incremental, summary: Option Summary
• listed-incremental, using with --extract: Incremental Dumps
• listed-incremental, using with --list: Incremental Dumps
• lzip: gzip
• lzip, summary: Option Summary
• lzma: gzip
• lzma, summary: Option Summary
• lzop: gzip
• mode: override
• mode, summary: Option Summary
• mtime: override
• mtime, summary: Option Summary
• multi-volume: Multi-Volume Archives
• multi-volume, short description: Device
• multi-volume, summary: Option Summary
• new-volume-script: Multi-Volume Archives
• new-volume-script, short description: Device
• new-volume-script, summary: Option Summary
• newer: after
• newer, summary: Option Summary
• newer-mtime: after
• newer-mtime, summary: Option Summary
• no-anchored: controlling pattern-matching
• no-anchored, summary: Option Summary
• no-auto-compress, summary: Option Summary
• no-check-device, described: Incremental Dumps
• no-check-device, summary: Option Summary
• no-delay-directory-restore: Directory Modification Times and Permissions
• no-delay-directory-restore, summary: Option Summary
• no-ignore-case: controlling pattern-matching
• no-ignore-case, summary: Option Summary
• no-ignore-command-error: Writing to an External Program
• no-ignore-command-error, summary: Option Summary
• no-null, described: nul
• no-null, summary: Option Summary
• no-overwrite-dir, summary: Option Summary
• no-quote-chars, summary: Option Summary
• no-recursion: recurse
• no-recursion, summary: Option Summary
• no-same-owner: Attributes
• no-same-owner, summary: Option Summary
• no-same-permissions, summary: Option Summary
• no-seek, summary: Option Summary
• no-unquote: Selecting Archive Members
• no-unquote, summary: Option Summary
• no-wildcards: controlling pattern-matching
• no-wildcards, summary: Option Summary
• no-wildcards-match-slash: controlling pattern-matching
• no-wildcards-match-slash, summary: Option Summary
• null, described: nul
• null, summary: Option Summary
• numeric-owner: Attributes
• numeric-owner, summary: Option Summary
• occurrence, described: append
• occurrence, summary: Option Summary
• old-archive, summary: Option Summary
• one-file-system: one
• one-file-system, summary: Option Summary
• overwrite: Overwrite Old Files
• overwrite, introduced: Dealing with Old Files
• overwrite, summary: Option Summary
• overwrite-dir: Overwrite Old Files
• overwrite-dir, introduced: Dealing with Old Files
• overwrite-dir, summary: Option Summary
• owner: override
• owner, summary: Option Summary
• pax-option: PAX keywords
• pax-option, summary: Option Summary
• portability, summary: Option Summary
• posix, summary: Option Summary
• preserve: Attributes
• preserve, summary: Option Summary
• preserve-order: Same Order
• preserve-order, summary: Option Summary
• preserve-permissions: Setting Access Permissions
• preserve-permissions, short description: Attributes
• preserve-permissions, summary: Option Summary
• quote-chars, summary: Option Summary
• quoting-style: quoting styles
• quoting-style, summary: Option Summary
• read-full-records: read full records
• read-full-records: Reading
• read-full-records, short description: Blocking Factor
• read-full-records, summary: Option Summary
• record-size, summary: Option Summary
• recursion: recurse
• recursion, summary: Option Summary
• recursive-unlink: Recursive Unlink
• recursive-unlink, summary: Option Summary
• remove-files: remove files
• remove-files, summary: Option Summary
• restrict, summary: Option Summary
• rmt-command, summary: Option Summary
• rsh-command: Device
• rsh-command, summary: Option Summary
• same-order: Same Order
• same-order, summary: Option Summary
• same-owner: Attributes
• same-owner, summary: Option Summary
• same-permissions: Setting Access Permissions
• same-permissions, short description: Attributes
• same-permissions, summary: Option Summary
• seek, summary: Option Summary
• show-defaults: defaults
• show-defaults, summary: Option Summary
• show-omitted-dirs: verbose
• show-omitted-dirs, summary: Option Summary
• show-stored-names: list
• show-stored-names, summary: Option Summary
• show-transformed-names: transform
• show-transformed-names, summary: Option Summary
• sparse: sparse
• sparse, summary: Option Summary
• sparse-version: sparse
• sparse-version, summary: Option Summary
• starting-file: Starting File
• starting-file, summary: Option Summary
• strip-components: transform
• strip-components, summary: Option Summary
• suffix: backup
• suffix, summary: Option Summary
• tape-length: Multi-Volume Archives
• tape-length, short description: Device
• tape-length, summary: Option Summary
• test-label: label
• test-label, summary: Option Summary
• to-command: Writing to an External Program
• to-command, summary: Option Summary
• to-stdout: Writing to Standard Output
• to-stdout, summary: Option Summary
• totals: verbose
• totals, summary: Option Summary
• touch: Attributes
• touch: Data Modification Times
• touch, summary: Option Summary
• transform: transform
• transform, summary: Option Summary
• uncompress: gzip
• uncompress, summary: Option Summary
• ungzip: gzip
• ungzip, summary: Option Summary
• unlink-first: Unlink First
• unlink-first, introduced: Dealing with Old Files
• unlink-first, summary: Option Summary
• unquote: Selecting Archive Members
• unquote, summary: Option Summary
• update: how to update
• update: update
• update, summary: Operation Summary
• usage: help
• use-compress-program: gzip
• use-compress-program, summary: Option Summary
• utc, summary: Option Summary
• verbose: verbose
• verbose, introduced: verbose tutorial
• verbose, summary: Option Summary
• verbose, using with --create: create verbose
• verbose, using with --list: list
• verify, short description: verify
• verify, summary: Option Summary
• verify, using with --create: verify
• version: help
• version, summary: Option Summary
• volno-file: Multi-Volume Archives
• volno-file, summary: Option Summary
• warning, explained: warnings
• warning, summary: Option Summary
• wildcards: controlling pattern-matching
• wildcards, summary: Option Summary
• wildcards-match-slash: controlling pattern-matching
• wildcards-match-slash, summary: Option Summary
• xform: transform
• xform, summary: Option Summary
• xz: gzip
• xz, summary: Option Summary