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NAME

       tartest - test tar archive for POSIX.1-1990 compliance

SYNOPSIS

       tartest [ options ] < file

DESCRIPTION

       Tartest  reads  a  tar  archive  from stdin and checks this archive for
       compliance with POSIX.1-1990.

OPTIONS

       All options can be abbreviated by their first letter.

       -help  Print a short help message.

       -v     print all filenames during verification.

ENVIRONMENT

       none

FILES

       none

NOTES

       As tartest is limited to tests the data that is delivered  by  the  tar
       archiver  that  is  going  to  be  checked,  it cannot tests if the tar
       archiver  in  question  will  produce  correct   archives   under   all
       circumstances.  There  may be borderline cases that trigger bugs in the
       tar archiver.

       If you like to to a more complete test, you should have a look  at  the
       file  READE.quicktest  in  the directory testscripts of either the star
       distribution or the ftp server.

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