Package: tar Version: 1.16-2 Tags: patch Here's an additional script to list options undocumented by the manpage: tar --help |sed -nre 's/^ *(-[^=, []*).*/\1/p' | \ grep -Fxvf <(man tar |sed -nre 's/^ *(-[^=, []*).*/\1/p')
--- - 2007-07-17 17:21:04.354727000 -0400 +++ /tmp/tar1.gz.687 2007-07-17 17:21:04.000000000 -0400 @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@ -.\" @(#)tar.1 1.11.1 93/19/22 PJV; -.TH TAR 1 "15 May 2006" +.TH TAR 1 "17 Jul 2007" .SH NAME tar \- The GNU version of the tar archiving utility .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -258,6 +257,9 @@ .B \-\-show\-omitted\-dirs mention directories that are being skipped over .TP +.BI \-\-strip\-components " n" +Strip the given number of leading directory components +.TP .B \-\-suffix SUFFIX append SUFFIX to make backup files (default ~) .TP @@ -267,6 +269,9 @@ .B \-\-totals display total bytes written after creating an archive .TP +.BI \-\-transform " expr" +Transform filenames with the given sed expression +.TP .B \-U, \-\-unlink\-first unlink & recreate files instead of overwriting .TP
--- - 2007-07-17 17:21:04.354727000 -0400 +++ /tmp/tar1.gz.687 2007-07-17 17:21:04.000000000 -0400 @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@ -.\" @(#)tar.1 1.11.1 93/19/22 PJV; -.TH TAR 1 "15 May 2006" +.TH TAR 1 "17 Jul 2007" .SH NAME tar \- The GNU version of the tar archiving utility .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -258,6 +257,9 @@ .B \-\-show\-omitted\-dirs mention directories that are being skipped over .TP +.BI \-\-strip\-components " n" +Strip the given number of leading directory components +.TP .B \-\-suffix SUFFIX append SUFFIX to make backup files (default ~) .TP @@ -267,6 +269,9 @@ .B \-\-totals display total bytes written after creating an archive .TP +.BI \-\-transform " expr" +Transform filenames with the given sed expression +.TP .B \-U, \-\-unlink\-first unlink & recreate files instead of overwriting .TP
