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NAME

       tar.h, tar - extended tar definitions

SYNOPSIS

       #include <tar.h>

DESCRIPTION

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

       General definitions:

	     Name	       Value		   Description
       --------------------------------------------------------------
       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	       Value		   Description
       --------------------------------------------------------------
       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		Value			    Description
       --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       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

       Types used in ancillary files:

	      Name		Value		       Description
       ACL_HDR		    'A' 	    Access Control List
       LBL_TYPE 	    'L' 	    Trusted Extensions file label
       DIR_TYPE 	    'D' 	    Trusted Extensions directory label

       Attribute types used in Trusted Solaris ancillary files that are interpreted by Trusted Extensions for backward compatibility:

	      Name		Value			Description
       SLD_TYPE 	    'S' 	    Single-level directory component
       PATH_TYPE	    'P' 	    Path component
       MLD_TYPE 	    'M' 	    Multi-level directory component
       FILE_TYPE	    'F' 	    Must handle files differently
       APRIV_TYPE	    'P' 	    Allowed privileges data type in file
       FPRIV_TYPE	    'p' 	    Forced privileges data type in file
       COMP_TYPE	    'C' 	    Path components, use for MLD
       ATTR_FLAG_TYPE	    'F' 	    File attribute flag bytes data type
       LK_COMP_TYPE	    'K' 	    Link data path component

ATTRIBUTES

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

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |See below.		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       The general definitions, the typeflag field definitions, and the mode field bit definitions are Standard. The types used in ancillary files
       and the attribute types used in Trusted Solaris ancillary files are Evolving.

SEE ALSO

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

SunOS 5.11							    14 Mar 2006 						      tar.h(3HEAD)

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stat.h(3HEAD)							      Headers							     stat.h(3HEAD)

NAME

       stat.h, stat - data returned by stat system call

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/types.h>

       #include <sys/stat.h>

DESCRIPTION

       The system calls stat, lstat and fstat return data in a stat structure, which is defined in <stat.h>.

       The constants used in the st_mode field are also defined in this file:

       #define	  S_IFMT	   /* type of file */
       #define	  S_IAMB	   /* access mode bits */
       #define	  S_IFIFO	   /* fifo */
       #define	  S_IFCHR	   /* character special */
       #define	  S_IFDIR	   /* directory */
       #define	  S_IFNAM	   /* XENIX special named file */
       #define	  S_INSEM	   /* XENIX semaphore subtype of IFNAM */
       #define	  S_INSHD	   /* XENIX shared data subtype of IFNAM */
       #define	  S_IFBLK	   /* block special */
       #define	  S_IFREG	   /* regular */
       #define	  S_IFLNK	   /* symbolic link */
       #define	  S_IFSOCK	   /* socket */
       #define	  S_IFDOOR	   /* door */
       #define	  S_ISUID	   /* set user id on execution */
       #define	  S_ISGID	   /* set group id on execution */
       #define	  S_ISVTX	   /* save swapped text even after use */
       #define	  S_IREAD	   /* read permission, owner */
       #define	  S_IWRITE	   /* write permission, owner */
       #define	  S_IEXEC	   /* execute/search permission, owner */
       #define	  S_ENFMT	   /* record locking enforcement flag */
       #define	  S_IRWXU	   /* read, write, execute: owner */
       #define	  S_IRUSR	   /* read permission: owner */
       #define	  S_IWUSR	   /* write permission: owner */
       #define	  S_IXUSR	   /* execute permission: owner */
       #define	  S_IRWXG	   /* read, write, execute: group */
       #define	  S_IRGRP	   /* read permission: group */
       #define	  S_IWGRP	   /* write permission: group */
       #define	  S_IXGRP	   /* execute permission: group */
       #define	  S_IRWXO	   /* read, write, execute: other */
       #define	  S_IROTH	   /* read permission: other */
       #define	  S_IWOTH	   /* write permission: other */
       #define	  S_IXOTH	   /* execute permission: other */

       The following macros are for POSIX conformance (see standards(5)):

       #define	  S_ISBLK(mode)    block special file
       #define	  S_ISCHR(mode)    character special file

       #define	  S_ISDIR(mode)    directory file
       #define	  S_ISFIFO(mode)   pipe or fifo file
       #define	  S_ISREG(mode)    regular file
       #define	  S_ISSOCK(mode)   socket file

ATTRIBUTES

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

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

SEE ALSO

       stat(2), types.h(3HEAD), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.11							    30 Aug 2002 						     stat.h(3HEAD)

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