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–c Selects all those files that do not match any of the patterns given on the
command line; this is the opposite of the usual behavior. If a pattern is not
given, then no files will match.
–D Files will not be created sparse in the target directory tree. Sparse files are
those which do not use real disk storage for pages of file data that contain
only zeros. This saves on disk space. When those files are opened and
read, the file system returns zeros for those portions of the files that do not
have real disk storage. The default for pax is to copy all files as sparse,
whether or not the original file was sparse, if sparse files are supported on
the target file system.
Restriction: The –D option is only for pax copy mode.
–d Does not traverse directories. A pattern matching a directory extracts only
the directory itself. When creating an archive, a directory name stores only
the directory itself.
–E Same as verbose (–v) output, but additionally displays extended attributes.
See “Output” on page 490 for more information. –o E is equivalent to pax
–E.
–f archive
Lets you specify the name of the archive file instead of using the standard
input for list mode, read mode (–r operations), and the standard output for
write mode (–w). The archive file you specify may be an MVS data set. For
more information, see Appendix K, “Specifying MVS data set names in the
shell environment,” on page 935.
Tip: Avoid writing to an archive which is in the directory tree or the set of
files being archived. Doing so causes pax to write the archive to itself and
results in unpredictable results during the write or later during a read.
-H Follows symbolic links specified on the command line only. When you
specify this option pax copies the file pointed to by a symbolic link to an
archive. The exception is if a symbolic link on the command line points to
another symbolic link. A chain of symbolic links shall be followed to the end.
Symbolic links encountered during tree traversal are not followed - the
symbolic link itself is archived. The default behavior shall be to archive the
symbolic link itself.
Rule: Specifying more than one of the mutually exclusive options -H and -L
shall not be considered an error and the last option specified shall
determine the behavior of the utility.
–i Lets you rename files as pax works. With extractions, pax displays the
name of the component it is about to extract and gives you the chance to
specify a name for the extracted file. With write operations, pax displays the
name of the file or directory it is about to record in the archive, and lets you
specify a different name to be assigned to the component. If you enter . as
the name, pax processes the file or directory with no change to the name.
If you just press , pax skips the file (doesn’t extract or archive it).
pax ends if you enter end–of-file.
If you also specify –s, pax makes the given substitution before displaying
the name of the component.
–k Prevents the overwriting of existing files.
–L Follows symbolic links. When you specify this option, pax copies the file to
which a symbolic link points to the archive. Normally, only the symbolic link
is copied.
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