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tar: extended tar definitions

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NAME

tar.h --- extended tar definitions

SYNOPSIS

#include <tar.h>

DESCRIPTION

The <tar.h> header shall define the following symbolic constants with the indicated values.

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 '\0'                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.

The following sections are informative.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

COPYRIGHT

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .

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