What's new Advertise UNIX Information about the UNIX tar command.
Writing begins at the beginning of the tarfile, instead of at the end.
The named file s are written at the end of the tarfile. A file created without extended headers cannot be modified with extended headers. The names of the specified files are listed each time they occur in the tar file. If no file argument is given, the names of all files in the tarfile are listed. With the v function modifier, additional information for the specified files is displayed.