man pages section 3: Library Interfaces and Headers

tar.h(3HEAD)

Name | Synopsis | Description | Attributes | See Also

Name

tar.h, tar– extended tar definitions

Synopsis

#include <tar.h>

Description

The <tar.h> header defines header block definitions as follows.

General definitions:

Name	Value	Description
`TMAGIC`	"ustar"	ustar plus null byte
`TMAGLEN`	6	length of the above
`TVERSION`	"00"	00 without a null byte
`TVERSLEN`	2	length of the above

Typeflag field definitions:

Name	Value	Description
`REGTYPE`	'0'	regular file
`AREGTYPE`	'\0'	regular file
`LNKTYPE`	'1'	link
`SYMTYPE`	'2'	symbolic link
`CHRTYPE`	'3'	character special
`BLKTYPE`	'4'	block special
`DIRTYPE`	'5'	directory
`FIFOTYPE`	'6'	FIFO special
`CONTTYPE`	'7'	reserved

Mode field bit definitions (octal):

Name	Value	Description
`TSUID`	04000	set UID on execution
`TSGID`	02000	set GID on execution
`TSVTX`	01000	on directories, restricted deletion flag
`TUREAD`	00400	read by owner
`TUWRITE`	00200	write by owner special
`TUEXEC`	00100	execute/search by owner
`TGREAD`	00040	read by group
`TGWRITE`	00020	write by group
`TGEXEC`	00010	execute/search by group
`TOREAD`	00004	read by other
`TOWRITE`	00002	write by other
`TOEXEC`	00001	execute/search by other

Types used in ancillary files:

Name	Value	Description
`ACL_HDR`	'A'	Access Control List
`LBL_TYPE`	'L'	Trusted Extensions file label
`DIR_TYPE`	'D'	Trusted Extensions directory label

Attribute types used in Trusted Solaris ancillary files that are interpreted by Trusted Extensions for backward compatibility:

Name	Value	Description
`SLD_TYPE`	'S'	Single-level directory component
`PATH_TYPE`	'P'	Path component
`MLD_TYPE`	'M'	Multi-level directory component
`FILE_TYPE`	'F'	Must handle files differently
`APRIV_TYPE`	'P'	Allowed privileges data type in file
`FPRIV_TYPE`	'p'	Forced privileges data type in file
`COMP_TYPE`	'C'	Path components, use for MLD
`ATTR_FLAG_TYPE`	'F'	File attribute flag bytes data type
`LK_COMP_TYPE`	'K'	Link data path component

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability	See below.

The general definitions, the typeflag field definitions, and the mode field bit definitions are Standard. The types used in ancillary files and the attribute types used in Trusted Solaris ancillary files are Evolving.