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tar.h

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

NAME

       tar.h, tar - extended tar definitions

SYNOPSIS

       #include <tar.h>

DESCRIPTION

       The <tar.h> header defines header block definitions as follows.

       Name               Description        Value
       TMAGIC             "ustar"            ustar plus null byte
       TMAGLEN            6                  length of the above
       TVERSION           "00"               00 without a null byte
       TVERSLEN           2                  length of the above

       Typeflag field definitions:

       Name               Description        Value
       REGTYPE            '0'                regular file
       AREGTYPE           ''               regular file
       LNKTYPE            '1'                link
       SYMTYPE            '2'                symbolic link
       CHRTYPE            '3'                character special
       BLKTYPE            '4'                block special
       DIRTYPE            '5'                directory
       FIFOTYPE           '6'                FIFO special
       CONTTYPE           '7'                reserved

       Mode field bit definitions (octal):

       Name               Description        Value
       TSUID              04000              set UID on execution
       TSGID              02000              set GID on execution
       TSVTX              01000              on         directories,
                                             restricted     deletion
                                             flag
       TUREAD             00400              read by owner
       TUWRITE            00200              write by owner special
       TUEXEC             00100              execute/search by owner
       TGREAD             00040              read by group
       TGWRITE            00020              write by group
       TGEXEC             00010              execute/search by group
       TOREAD             00004              read by other
       TOWRITE            00002              write by other
       TOEXEC             00001              execute/search by other

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability          |Standard                     |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       pax(1), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.10                                                          10 Sep 2004                                                       tar.h(3HEAD)