pax
Archiving and copying utility. More information: https://manned.org/pax.1p.
- List the contents of an archive:
pax -f
archive.tar
- List the contents of a
gzip
archive:
pax -zf
archive.tar.gz
- Create an archive from files:
pax -wf
target.tar
path/to/file1 path/to/file2 …
- Create an archive from files, using output redirection:
pax -w
path/to/file1 path/to/file2 … >
target.tar
- Extract an archive into the current directory:
pax -rf
source.tar
- Copy to a directory, while keeping the original metadata;
target/
must exist:
pax -rw
path/to/file1
path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 …
target/