--- files/tar.1 2007-12-10 13:55:51.000000000 +0100 +++ /tmp/tar.1-modified 2007-12-10 14:07:14.000000000 +0100 @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ .I Common Options: .nf .BR -C ", " --directory " DIR" +.BR -e ", " --7zg .BR -f ", " --file " F" .BR -j ", " --bzip2 .BR -p ", " --preserve-permissions @@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ .BR --checkpoint ] [ +.BR -e ", " --7zg +] +[ .BR -f ", " --file " [HOSTNAME:]F" ] [ @@ -304,6 +308,9 @@ .B tar -xjf foo.tar.bz2 -C bar/ extract bzipped foo.tar.bz2 after changing directory to bar .TP +.B tar -cef foo.tar.7z bar/ +create 7zipped tar archive of the directory bar called foo.tar.7z +.TP .B tar -xzf foo.tar.gz blah.txt extract the file blah.txt from foo.tar.gz .SH "FUNCTION LETTERS" @@ -338,6 +345,9 @@ .BR -C ", " --directory " DIR" change to directory DIR .TP +.BR -e ", " --7zg +filter archive through 7zip, use to decompress .7z files +.TP .BR -f ", " --file " [HOSTNAME:]F" use archive file or device F (default "-", meaning stdin/stdout) .TP @@ -376,6 +386,9 @@ .BR --checkpoint print directory names while reading the archive .TP +.BR -e ", " --7zg +filter archive through 7zip, use to decompress .7z files +.TP .BR -f ", " --file " [HOSTNAME:]F" use archive file or device F (default "-", meaning stdin/stdout) .TP