1tar.h(3HEAD)                        Headers                       tar.h(3HEAD)
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NAME

6       tar.h, tar - extended tar definitions
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <tar.h>
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DESCRIPTION

13       The <tar.h> header defines header block definitions as follows.
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16       General definitions:
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21             Name              Value               Description
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23       TMAGIC             "ustar"            ustar plus null byte
24       TMAGLEN            6                  length of the above
25       TVERSION           "00"               00 without a null byte
26       TVERSLEN           2                  length of the above
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30       Typeflag field definitions:
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35             Name              Value               Description
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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
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49       Mode field bit definitions (octal):
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54             Name               Value                       Description
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56       TSUID              04000               set UID on execution
57       TSGID              02000               set GID on execution
58       TSVTX              01000               on directories, restricted deletion flag
59       TUREAD             00400               read by owner
60       TUWRITE            00200               write by owner special
61       TUEXEC             00100               execute/search by owner
62       TGREAD             00040               read by group
63       TGWRITE            00020               write by group
64       TGEXEC             00010               execute/search by group
65       TOREAD             00004               read by other
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68       TOEXEC             00001               execute/search by other
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72       Types used in ancillary files:
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77              Name              Value                  Description
78       ACL_HDR              'A'             Access Control List
79       LBL_TYPE             'L'             Trusted Extensions file label
80       DIR_TYPE             'D'             Trusted Extensions directory label
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84       Attribute types used in Trusted Solaris ancillary files that are inter‐
85       preted by Trusted Extensions for backward compatibility:
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90              Name              Value                   Description
91       SLD_TYPE             'S'             Single-level directory component
92       PATH_TYPE            'P'             Path component
93       MLD_TYPE             'M'             Multi-level directory component
94       FILE_TYPE            'F'             Must handle files differently
95       APRIV_TYPE           'P'             Allowed privileges data type in file
96       FPRIV_TYPE           'p'             Forced privileges data type in file
97       COMP_TYPE            'C'             Path components, use for MLD
98       ATTR_FLAG_TYPE       'F'             File attribute flag bytes data type
99       LK_COMP_TYPE         'K'             Link data path component
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ATTRIBUTES

103       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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108       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
109       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
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111       │Interface Stability          │See below.                   │
112       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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115       The general definitions, the typeflag field definitions, and  the  mode
116       field  bit  definitions are Standard. The types used in ancillary files
117       and the attribute types used in Trusted  Solaris  ancillary  files  are
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SEE ALSO

121       pax(1), attributes(5), standards(5)
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125SunOS 5.11                        14 Mar 2006                     tar.h(3HEAD)