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Purpose:Add, update, or delete files in a .tar archive.

 

Format:TAR [/A:[[-][+]rhsdaecjot] /A /C /D /F /G /M /O:[-]adegnrstu /Q /R /U /V] tararchive [@file] file...

 

tararchiveThe tar file to work with
fileThe files(s) to be added to the tar archive

 

/A:... (attribute switch)/M(ove)
/A(dd)/O:... (sort order)
/C(ontents)/P(rogress)
/D(elete)/R(ecurse)
/F(reshen)/U(pdate)
/G(zip)/V(iew)

 

See also UNTAR.

 

File Selection

 

Supports command dialog, attribute switches, extended wildcards, ranges, multiple file names, and include lists.

 

Usage:

 

TAR is compatible with archives created by the Linux / UNIX tar utility.  Unless you use the /G option, the tar file will be uncompressed.

 

You can specify a pathname for tararchive. If you don't provide an extension, and the filename as entered doesn't exist, TAR adds ".tar". If you don't specify an operation, TAR will default to Add.

 

TAR sets two internal variables:

 

%_tar_filesThe number of files archived
%_tar_errorsThe number of errors

 

Option:

 

/=Display the TAR command dialog to help you set the filename and command line options.  You cannot specify any other arguments on the command line.  (Not available in TCC/LE.)

 

/A:...Select only those files that have the specified attribute(s) set. See Attribute Switches for information on the attributes which can follow /A:. Do not use /A: with @file lists. See @file lists for details.

 

You can specify /A:= to display a dialog to help you set individual attributes. (Not available in TCC/LE.)

 

/AAdd the specified file(s) to the tar file. (This is the default.)

 

/CDisplay (on standard output) the contents of a file in the tar archive.

 

/DDelete the specified file(s) from the tar file.

 

/FUpdate only those files that currently exist in the tar file, and which are older than the files on disk.

 

/GWhen all the files have been added to the archive, compress the entire archive using gzip compression and create a .tar.gz archive.

 

/MDelete the files from the disk after adding them to the tar file.

 

/O:...Sort the files before processing.  (Not available in TCC/LE.)

 

You may use any combination of the sorting options below. If multiple options are used, the files will be sorted with the first sort option as the primary key, the next as the secondary key, and so on:

 

nSort by filename and extension, unless e is explicitly included. This is the default.
-Reverse the sort order for the next sort key
aSort names and extensions in standard ASCII order, instead of numerically when numeric substrings are included in the name or extension.
dSort by date and time (oldest first); also see /T:acw
eSort by extension
gGroup subdirectories first, then files
rReverse the sort order for all options
sSort by size
tSame as d
uUnsorted

 

/PDisplay the progress (0 - 100%) for each file as it is archived.

 

/QDon't display the files being archived.

 

/RIf the argument is a subdirectory, copy all of the files in that subdirectory and all of its subdirectories to the tar archive.

 

/UUpdate files which either don't exist in the tar, or which are older than the files on disk.

 

/VView the list of files in the tar file (date, time, size, and filename).

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