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13 tar.h — extended tar definitions
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16 #include <tar.h>
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19 The <tar.h> header shall define the following symbolic constants with
20 the indicated values.
21 General definitions:
23 ┌────────────────┬─────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────┐
25 │ Name │ Value │ Description │
26 ├────────────────┼─────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
27 │TMAGIC │ "ustar" │ ustar plus null byte. │
28 │TMAGLEN │ 6 │ Length of the above. │
29 │TVERSION │ "00" │ 00 without a null byte. │
30 │TVERSLEN │ 2 │ Length of the above. │
31 └────────────────┴─────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────┘
32 Typeflag field definitions:
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35 │ Name │ Value │ Description │
36 ├────────────────┼─────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
37 │REGTYPE │ '0' │ Regular file. │
38 │AREGTYPE │ '\0' │ Regular file. │
39 │LNKTYPE │ '1' │ Link. │
40 │SYMTYPE │ '2' │ Symbolic link. │
41 │CHRTYPE │ '3' │ Character special. │
42 │BLKTYPE │ '4' │ Block special. │
43 │DIRTYPE │ '5' │ Directory. │
44 │FIFOTYPE │ '6' │ FIFO special. │
45 │CONTTYPE │ '7' │ Reserved. │
46 └────────────────┴─────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────┘
47 Mode field bit definitions (octal):
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50 │ Name │ Value │ Description │
51 ├────────────────┼─────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤
52 │TSUID │ 04000 │ Set UID on execution. │
53 │TSGID │ 02000 │ Set GID on execution. │
54 │TSVTX │ 01000 │ On directories, restricted deletion flag. │
55 │TUREAD │ 00400 │ Read by owner. │
56 │TUWRITE │ 00200 │ Write by owner special. │
57 │TUEXEC │ 00100 │ Execute/search by owner. │
58 │TGREAD │ 00040 │ Read by group. │
59 │TGWRITE │ 00020 │ Write by group. │
60 │TGEXEC │ 00010 │ Execute/search by group. │
61 │TOREAD │ 00004 │ Read by other. │
62 │TOWRITE │ 00002 │ Write by other. │
63 │TOEXEC │ 00001 │ Execute/search by other. │
64 └────────────────┴─────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
65 The following sections are informative.
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