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STRAR(1) Schily's USER COMMANDS STRAR(1) NAME strar - StreamArchive handler SYNOPSIS strar command [options] file1 ... filen DESCRIPTION strar is a simple archiver with tar like command like syntax that han- dles StreamArchives. strar archives and extracts multiple files to and from a single file called a StreamArchive. A StreamArchive is usually used in network communication, but it can be any file. Strar's actions are controlled by the mandatory command flags from the list below. The way strar acts may be modified by additional options. Note that unpacking StramArchives may be a security risk because strar may overwrite existing files. See SECURITY NOTES for more information. COMMAND strar is compatible to the command line syntax of a typical POSIX com- mand and for this reason expects commands and options to start with a single dash (-). In this case, commands and options may be specified separately, all boolean or increment type options may be specified ei- ther separately or combined. -c Create a new StreamArchive and write named files into it. Writ- ing starts at the beginning of the Streamarchive. See -v option for information on how to increase verbosity while the archive is written. -t Table of contents. List the contents of the StreamArchive. If the -v flag is used, the listing is similar to the format of ls -l output. -x Extract files from the StreamArchive. If no filename argument or pattern is specified, the entire content of the StreamArchive is restored. Exactly one of the commands above must be specified. OPTIONS -help Print a summary of the options for strar(1). -basemeta Only add basic meta data: path, mode, size, filetype. -nometa Only add minimal meta data: path, size. In this mode, only plain files may occur in the archive. -v Increment verbose level by one. This normally results in more output during operation. See also in the description for the -t flag. Normally, strar does its work silently. If the verbose level is 2 or more and strar is in create or update mode, strar will produce a listing to the format of the ls -l output. -version Print version information and exit. SEE ALSO star(1), spax(1), suntar(1), scpio(1), tar(1), cpio(1), pax(1), rcp(1), mt(1), rmt(1), match(1), dd(1), sdd(1), rsh(1), ssh(1), star(5), strea- marchive(5), rcmd(3). SECURITY NOTES If you unpack a StramArchive in a non empty directory, any file in that directory may be overwritten. If the archive contains symbolic links or hard links, strar may even overwrite files outside the current di- rectory. LIMITATIONS If strar is running on a large file aware platform, strar is able to handle files of arbitrary size. BUGS None currently known. Mail bugs and suggestions to schilytools@mlists.in-berlin.de or open a ticket at https://codeberg.org/schilytools/schilytools/issues. The mailing list archive may be found at: https://mlists.in-berlin.de/mailman/listinfo/schilytools-mlists.in-berlin.de. HISTORY strar was initially written by Joerg Schilling in 2017. AUTHORS Joerg Schilling and the schilytools project authors. SOURCE DOWNLOAD The source code for strar is included in the schilytools project and may be retrieved from the schilytools project at Codeberg at https://codeberg.org/schilytools/schilytools. The download directory is https://codeberg.org/schilytools/schilytools/releases. Joerg Schilling 2022/10/06 STRAR(1)
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