Appendix H Index

• abbreviations for months: Calendar date items
• 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
• am in date strings: Time of day items
• Appending files to an Archive: appending files
• archive: Definitions
• Archive creation: file
• archive member: Definitions
• Archive Name: file
• Archive, creation of: create
• Archives, Appending files to: appending files
• Archiving Directories: create dir
• archiving files: Top
• ARGP_HELP_FMT, environment variable: Configuring Help Summary
• authors of get_date: Authors of get_date
• Avoiding recursion in directories: recurse
• backup options: backup
• backup suffix: backup
• BACKUP_DIRS: General-Purpose Variables
• BACKUP_FILES: General-Purpose Variables
• BACKUP_HOUR: General-Purpose Variables
• backups: backup
• beginning of time, for POSIX: Seconds since the Epoch
• Bellovin, Steven M.: Authors of get_date
• Berets, Jim: Authors of get_date
• Berry, K.: Authors of get_date
• 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
• 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
• Choosing an archive file: file
• comments, in dates: General date syntax
• Compressed archives: gzip
• concatenate vs cat: concatenate
• Concatenating Archives: concatenate
• corrupted archives: gzip
• corrupted archives: Full Dumps
• Creation of the archive: create
• DAT blocking: Blocking Factor
• Data Modification time, excluding files by: after
• Data modification times of extracted files: Data Modification Times
• date format, iso 8601: Calendar date items
• date input formats: Date input formats
• day in date strings: Relative items in date strings
• day of week item: Day of week items
• Deleting files from an archive: delete
• Deleting from tape archives: delete
• Descending directories, avoiding: recurse
• 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
• Double-checking a write operation: verify
• DUMP_BEGIN: User Hooks
• DUMP_END: User Hooks
• DUMP_REMIND_SCRIPT: General-Purpose Variables
• dumps, full: Full Dumps
• dup-args: Configuring Help Summary
• dup-args-note: Configuring Help Summary
• Eggert, Paul: Authors of get_date
• 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
• existing backup method: backup
• exit status: Synopsis
• Extraction: extract
• extraction: Definitions
• FDL, GNU Free Documentation License: GNU Free Documentation License
• file archival: Top
• File lists separated by NUL characters: Generate Mode
• file name: Definitions
• File Name arguments, alternatives: files
• File name arguments, using --list with: list
• File names, excluding files by: exclude
• File names, terminated by NUL: nul
• File names, using symbolic links: dereference
• File system boundaries, not crossing: one
• FILELIST: General-Purpose Variables
• first in date strings: General date syntax
• Format Options: Format Variations
• Format Parameters: Format Variations
• Format, old style: old
• fortnight in date strings: Relative items in date strings
• free documentation: Free Software Needs Free Documentation
• full dumps: Full Dumps
• future time stamps: Large or Negative Values
• 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
• get_date: Date input formats
• Getting program version number: help
• 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
• header-col: Configuring Help Summary
• hook: User Hooks
• hour in date strings: Relative items in date strings
• Ignoring end-of-archive blocks: Ignore Zeros
• Info script: Multi-Volume Archives
• Interactive operation: interactive
• iso 8601 date format: Calendar date items
• items in date strings: General date syntax
• Labeling an archive: label
• Labeling multi-volume archives: label
• Labels on the archive media: label
• 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
• 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-opt-col: Configuring Help Summary
• MacKenzie, David: Authors of get_date
• member: Definitions
• member name: Definitions
• Members, replacing with other members: append
• Meyering, Jim: Authors of get_date
• 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
• Mutli-volume archives in PAX format, extracting using non-GNU tars: Split Recovery
• Mutli-volume archives, extracting using non-GNU tars: Split Recovery
• Naming an archive: file
• negative time stamps: Large or Negative Values
• next day: Day of week items
• next in date strings: General date syntax
• 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
• Obtaining help: help
• Obtaining total status information: verbose
• Old GNU archive format: gnu
• Old GNU sparse format: Old GNU Format
• Old style archives: old
• Old style format: old
• opt-doc-col: Configuring Help Summary
• option syntax, traditional: Old Options
• Options when reading archives: Reading
• Options, archive format specifying: Format Variations
• Options, format specifying: Format Variations
• ordinal numbers: General date syntax
• Overwriting old files, prevention: Dealing with Old Files
• pattern, genfile: Generate Mode
• PAX archive format: posix
• Permissions of extracted files: Setting Access Permissions
• Pinard, F.: Authors of get_date
• 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
• Reading file names from a file: files
• Reading incomplete records: Reading
• Record Size: Blocking Factor
• 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
• 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
• Salz, Rich: Authors of get_date
• short-opt-col: Configuring Help Summary
• simple backup method: backup
• SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX: backup
• SLEEP_MESSAGE: General-Purpose Variables
• SLEEP_TIME: General-Purpose Variables
• Small memory: Scarce
• 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
• Symbolic link as file name: dereference
• TAPE: file tutorial
• tape blocking: Blocking Factor
• tape marks: Many
• tape positioning: Many
• TAPE_FILE: General-Purpose Variables
• Tapes, using --delete and: delete
• TAR: General-Purpose Variables
• tar: What tar Does
• 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_ARCHIVE, info script environment variable: Multi-Volume Archives
• TAR_ATIME, to-command environment: Writing to an External Program
• TAR_CTIME, to-command environment: Writing to an External Program
• TAR_FILENAME, to-command environment: Writing to an External Program
• TAR_FILETYPE, to-command environment: Writing to an External Program
• TAR_FORMAT, info script environment variable: Multi-Volume Archives
• 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, 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, info script environment variable: Multi-Volume Archives
• TAR_VOLUME, info script environment variable: Multi-Volume Archives
• tarcat: Tarcat
• this in date strings: Relative items in date strings
• time of day item: Time of day items
• time zone correction: Time of day items
• time zone item: Time zone items
• time zone item: General date syntax
• today in date strings: Relative items in date strings
• tomorrow in date strings: Relative items in date strings
• TZ: Specifying time zone rules
• Ultrix 3.1 and write failure: Remote Tape Server
• unpacking: Definitions
• Updating an archive: update
• usage-indent: Configuring Help Summary
• Using encrypted archives: gzip
• ustar archive format: ustar
• uuencode: Applications
• v7 archive format: old
• Verbose operation: verbose
• Verifying a write operation: verify
• Verifying the currency of an archive: compare
• 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
• 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
• XLIST: General-Purpose Variables
• xsparse: Sparse Recovery
• year in date strings: Relative items in date strings
• yesterday in date strings: Relative items in date strings