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Tarlz Manual
************
-This manual is for Tarlz (version 0.11, 13 February 2019).
+This manual is for Tarlz (version 0.12, 22 February 2019).
* Menu:
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ tar tools like GNU tar, which treat it like any other tar.lz archive.
Tarlz can append files to the end of such compressed archives.
Tarlz can create tar archives with five levels of compression
-granularity; per file, per block, per directory, appendable solid, and
-solid.
+granularity; per file, per block (default), per directory, appendable
+solid, and solid.
Of course, compressing each file (or each directory) individually can't
achieve a compression ratio as high as compressing solidly the whole tar
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ equivalent to '-1 --solid'
'-B BYTES'
'--data-size=BYTES'
Set target size of input data blocks for the '--bsolid' option.
- Valid values range from 8 KiB to 1 GiB. Default value is two times
- the dictionary size, except for option '-0' where it defaults to
- 1 MiB. *Note Minimum archive sizes::.
+ *Note --bsolid::. Valid values range from 8 KiB to 1 GiB. Default
+ value is two times the dictionary size, except for option '-0'
+ where it defaults to 1 MiB. *Note Minimum archive sizes::.
'-c'
'--create'
@@ -154,6 +154,20 @@ equivalent to '-1 --solid'
archive if a '-C' option appears after a relative filename in the
command line.
+'-d'
+'--diff'
+ Find differences between archive and file system. For each tar
+ member in the archive, verify that the corresponding file exists
+ and is of the same type (regular file, directory, etc). Report the
+ differences found in type, mode (permissions), owner and group
+ IDs, modification time, file size, file contents (of regular
+ files), target (of symlinks) and device number (of block/character
+ special files).
+
+'--ignore-ids'
+ Make '--diff' ignore differences in owner and group IDs. This
+ option is useful when comparing an '--anonymous' archive.
+
'-f ARCHIVE'
'--file=ARCHIVE'
Use archive file ARCHIVE. '-' used as an ARCHIVE argument reads
@@ -224,6 +238,10 @@ equivalent to '-1 --solid'
-8 24 MiB 132 bytes
-9 32 MiB 273 bytes
+'--uncompressed'
+ With '--create', don't compress the created tar archive. Create an
+ uncompressed tar archive instead.
+
'--asolid'
When creating or appending to a compressed archive, use appendable
solid compression. All the files being added to the archive are
@@ -296,10 +314,6 @@ equivalent to '-1 --solid'
the posix pax format; i.e., the lack of a mandatory check sequence
in the extended records. *Note crc32::.
-'--uncompressed'
- With '--create', don't compress the created tar archive. Create an
- uncompressed tar archive instead.
-
Exit status: 0 for a normal exit, 1 for environmental problems (file
not found, invalid flags, I/O errors, etc), 2 to indicate a corrupt or
@@ -822,18 +836,19 @@ Concept index
Tag Table:
Node: Top223
Node: Introduction1089
-Node: Invoking tarlz3218
-Ref: --data-size5097
-Node: File format12673
-Ref: key_crc3217493
-Node: Amendments to pax format22910
-Ref: crc3223434
-Ref: flawed-compat24459
-Node: Multi-threaded tar26826
-Node: Minimum archive sizes29365
-Node: Examples31495
-Node: Problems33164
-Node: Concept index33690
+Node: Invoking tarlz3228
+Ref: --data-size5107
+Ref: --bsolid10054
+Node: File format13298
+Ref: key_crc3218118
+Node: Amendments to pax format23535
+Ref: crc3224059
+Ref: flawed-compat25084
+Node: Multi-threaded tar27451
+Node: Minimum archive sizes29990
+Node: Examples32120
+Node: Problems33789
+Node: Concept index34315

End Tag Table