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NAME
       suntar - create tape archives and add or extract files

SYNOPSIS
       suntar  command [ options ] file1 ... filen

DESCRIPTION
       This  manual page documents an emulation of the Sun version(1,3,5) of tar.  It
       has been implemented on top of the star(1,4) program.

       For a description of the Sun tar program check the Sun tar manual page.

OPTIONS
EXTENDED OPTIONS
       The extended options are options taken from star(1,4).

       --help Prints a summary of the most important options for suntar(1) and
              exits.

       --xhelp
              Prints a summary of the less(1,3) important options for suntar(1) and
              exits.

       --version
              Prints the suntar version(1,3,5) number string(3,n) and exists.

       --debug
              print additional debug messages

       xdebug=#

       xd=#   set(7,n,1 builtins) extended debug level

       -/     don't strip leading '/'s from file(1,n) names

       -..    don't  skip  filenames  that  contain  '..'  in(1,8)  non-interactive
              extract

       --secure-links
              don't extract links that start with '/' or contain '..'

       --acl  handle access(2,5) control lists

       --xfflags
              handle extended file(1,n) flags

       bs=#   set(7,n,1 builtins) (output) block size to #

       fs=#   set(7,n,1 builtins) fifo size to #

       --no-fsync
              do not call fsync() for each extracted file(1,n) (may be dangerous)

       --time  print timing info(1,5,n)

       --no-statistics
              do not print statistics

       --fifostats
              print fifo statistics

       --no-fifo
              don't use a fifo to optimize data flow from/to tape

       --numeric
              don't use user/group name from tape

       -z     pipe(2,8) input/output through gzip, does not work on tapes

       --bz   pipe(2,8) input/output through bzip2, does not work on tapes

       The options above are not defined by Sun tar.

       For a complete documentation of the star(1,4) based optione check star(1,4)(1).


EXAMPLES
ENVIRONMENT
FILES
SEE ALSO
       spax(1), suntar(1), scpio(1), tar(1), cpio(1), pax(1),  rcp(1),  mt(1),
       rmt(1),  match(1),  dd(1),  sdd(1), rsh(1), ssh(1), star(1,4)(1), star(1,4)(4/5),
       rcmd(3), fssnap(1m)

DIAGNOSTICS
NOTES
       This suntar implementation is based on the star(1,4) implementation and does
       not implement all features of the original Sun tar program.

BUGS
AUTHOR
       Joerg Schilling
       Seestr. 110
       D-13353 Berlin
       Germany

       Mail bugs and suggestions to:

       schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de       or       js@cs.tu-berlin.de      or
       joerg@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de



Joerg Schilling                    04/09/26                          STUNAR(1)