Command: tar

  TAR is a Tape ARchive utility.

Syntax:

  tar -<options> [tapefile] [blocksize] [disksize] file ...

Options:

  c - put files to new archive     s - no wildcards for archive
  a,r - add files to archive       m - forget files date/time
  y - move files to archive        n - no proceed with dir nesting
  x - extract files from archive   l - copy linked files
  t - show archive catalog         o - prevent files overwriting
  d - delete files in archive      \ - omit left '\' in file names
  u - update files                 : - omit DOS drive name
  v - verbose                      0...3 - number of storage device
  w - acknowledge operations       j - comment storying files
  i - ignore read errors           f - next arg is an archive file
  e - compress encode files        b - next arg is a blocking factor
  z - old-fashion compression      k - next arg is K diskette size
  , - run through compressor       @ - next arg is a responce file
  . - run through (g)zip           # - exclude file(s) specification

   Most of options may be combined. Wildcards * and ? are ok.

  The following "file names" will be treated as diskette format/size:
    fd048ss8  - 160K    fd048ds8  - 320K    fd135ds9  - 720K
    fd048ss9  - 180K    fd048ds9  - 360K    fd135ds18 - 1.4M
    fd096ds9  - 720K    fd096ds15 - 1.2M    rainbow

  Streamer "file name" syntax (full form) is:
    <device>:base:=<base address>h,dma:=<DRQ>[,irq:=<IRQ>][,norewind]
   Streamer device clones supported are:
    archive,    everex,     wangtek

  The following "file names" are aliases for ASPI driven SCSI streamer:
    aspitape,   aspimgr$,   aspi
  Full form is:
    aspi[:target:=<n>[,lun:=<n>][,adapter:=<n>][,density:=<x>]]

Comments:

  TAR has an extensive documentation that is beyond the scope of
  this help. For more information see:
  https://gitlab.com/FreeDOS/archiver/tar/-/tree/master/DOC/TAR
  TAR.txt

Examples:

  - none - see manual TAR.txt

Command: tar

Syntax:

Options:

Comments:

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