3.9.2 Keywords applicable for tar --create

The following keywords control messages that can be issued while creating archives.

warning: cachedir

‘%s: contains a cache directory tag %s; %s’

warning: file-shrank

‘%s: File shrank by %s bytes; padding with zeros’

warning: xdev

‘%s: file is on a different filesystem; not dumped’

warning: file-ignored

‘%s: Unknown file type; file ignored’
‘%s: socket ignored’
‘%s: door ignored’

warning: file-unchanged

‘%s: file is unchanged; not dumped’

warning: ignore-archive

‘%s: archive cannot contain itself; not dumped’

warning: file-removed

‘%s: File removed before we read it’

warning: file-changed

‘%s: file changed as we read it’

Suppresses warnings about read failures, which can occur if files or directories are unreadable, or if they change while being read. This keyword applies only if used together with the ‘--ignore-failed-read’ option. See section Ignore Failed Read.

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