tar(4)                                                     tar(4)



NAME
     tar - format of tar header

DESCRIPTION
     tar saves and restores files  on  magnetic  tape  or  floppy
     disks.  The tar header format is as follows:

        # define TBLOCK 512
        # define NBLOCK 40
        # define NAMSIZ 100
        union hblock {
                 char dummy[TBLOCK];
                 struct header {
                         char name[NAMESIZ];
                         char mode[8];
                         char uid[8];
                         char gid[8];
                         char size[12];
                         char mtime[12];
                         char chksum[8];
                         char linkflag;
                         char linkname[NAMESIZ];
                } dbuf;
        } dblock, tbuf[NBLOCK];


SEE ALSO
     tar(1) in A/UX Command Reference



























January 1992                                                    1