1SPAX(1L) Schily´s USER COMMANDS SPAX(1L)
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6 pax - portable archive interchange
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9 spax [other options] [-cdnv] [-H|-L] [-f archive]
10 [-o options]... [-s replstr]... [pattern...]
11 spax -r [other options] [-cdiknuv] [-H|-L] [-f archive]
14 [-o options]... [-p string]... [-s replstr]... [pattern...]
15 spax -w [other options] [-dituvX] [-H|-L] [-b blocksize] [-a]
18 [-f archive] [-o options]... [-s replstr]... [-x format]
19 [file...]
20 spax -r -w[other options] [-diklntuvX] [-H|-L] [-o options]...
23 [-p string]... [-s replstr]... [file...] directory
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26 The pax utility shall read, write, and write lists of the members of
27 archive files and copy directory hierarchies. A variety of archive for‐
28 mats shall be supported; see the -x format option.
29 The action to be taken depends on the presence of the -r and -w
31 options. The four combinations of -r and -w are referred to as the four
32 modes of operation: list, read, write, and copy modes, corresponding
33 respectively to the four forms shown in the SYNOPSIS section.
34 list In list mode (when neither -r nor -w are specified), pax shall
36 write the names of the members of the archive file read from the
37 standard input, with pathnames matching the specified patterns,
38 to standard output. If a named file is of type directory, the
39 file hierarchy rooted at that file shall be listed as well.
40 read In read mode (when -r is specified, but -w is not), pax shall
42 extract the members of the archive file read from the standard
43 input, with pathnames matching the specified patterns. If an
44 extracted file is of type directory, the file hierarchy rooted
45 at that file shall be extracted as well. The extracted files
46 shall be created performing pathname resolution with the direc‐
47 tory in which pax was invoked as the current working directory.
48 If an attempt is made to extract a directory when the directory
50 already exists, this shall not be considered an error. If an
51 attempt is made to extract a FIFO when the FIFO already exists,
52 this shall not be considered an error.
53 The ownership, access, and modification times, and file mode of
55 the restored files are discussed under the -p option.
56 write In write mode (when -w is specified, but -r is not), pax shall
58 write the contents of the file operands to the standard output
59 in an archive format. If no file operands are specified, a list
60 of files to copy, one per line, shall be read from the standard
61 input. A file of type directory shall include all of the files
62 in the file hierarchy rooted at the file.
63 copy In copy mode (when both -r and -w are specified), pax shall copy
65 the file operands to the destination directory.
66 If no file operands are specified, a list of files to copy, one
68 per line, shall be read from the standard input. A file of type
69 directory shall include all of the files