(tar)Comparing Archives Members with Files

Matching Format Parameters

Extracting Archive Members

Basic tar Operations

Comparing Archives Members with Files
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   The `--compare' (`-d') or `--diff' option compares the contents of
the specified archive members against the files with the same names,
and reports its findings.  If no members are named on the command line,
or through `--files-from=FILE-OF-NAMES' (`-T FILE-OF-NAMES'), then the
entire archive is so compared.