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       Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

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:

             ┌────────────────┬─────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────┐
             │     NameValueDescription                │
             ├────────────────┼─────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
             │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:

             ┌────────────────┬─────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────┐
             │     NameValueDescription                │
             ├────────────────┼─────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
             │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):

           ┌────────────────┬─────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
           │     NameValueDescription                  │
           ├────────────────┼─────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤
           │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.

SEE ALSO

       The Shell and Utilities volume of POSIX.1‐2008, pax

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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