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Parameters

Attribute Description Required
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


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Andrew Marlow 2003-07-08