Attribute | Description | Required
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destfile | the tar-file to create. | Yes |
basedir | the directory from which to tar the files. | No |
longfile | Determines how long files (>100 chars) are to be handled. Allowable values are "truncate", "fail", "warn", "omit" and "gnu". Default is "warn". | No |
includes | comma- or space-separated list of patterns of files that must be included. All files are included when omitted. | No |
includesfile | the name of a file. Each line of this file is taken to be an include pattern | No |
excludes | comma- or space-separated list of patterns of files that must be excluded. No files (except default excludes) are excluded when omitted. | No |
excludesfile | the name of a file. Each line of this file is taken to be an exclude pattern | No |
defaultexcludes | indicates whether default excludes should be used or not ("yes"/"no"). Default excludes are used when omitted. | No |
compression | compression method. Allowable values are "none", "gzip" and "bzip2". Default is "none". | No |