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tar.h 3HEAD "14 Mar 2006" "SunOS 5.11" "Headers"
NAME
tar.h, tar - extended tar definitions
SYNOPSIS

#include <tar.h>
DESCRIPTION

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

General definitions:

NameValueDescription
TMAGIC"ustar"ustar plus null byte
TMAGLEN6length of the above
TVERSION"00"00 without a null byte
TVERSLEN2length of the above

Typeflag field definitions:

NameValueDescription
REGTYPE'0'regular file
AREGTYPE'\e0'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):

NameValueDescription
TSUID04000set UID on execution
TSGID02000set GID on execution
TSVTX01000on directories, restricted deletion flag
TUREAD00400read by owner
TUWRITE00200write by owner special
TUEXEC00100execute/search by owner
TGREAD00040read by group
TGWRITE00020write by group
TGEXEC00010execute/search by group
TOREAD00004read by other
TOWRITE00002write by other
TOEXEC00001execute/search by other

Types used in ancillary files:

NameValueDescription
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:

NameValueDescription
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 TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface StabilitySee 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)