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.Op Ar
.Ar directory
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Pax
will read, write, and list the members of an archive file,
The
.Nm
utility will read, write, and list the members of an archive file,
and will copy directory hierarchies.
.Nm Pax
operation is independent of the specific archive format,
and supports a wide variety of different archive formats.
These operations are independent of the specific archive format,
and support a wide variety of different archive formats.
A list of supported archive formats can be found under the description of the
.Fl x
option.
@ -202,8 +202,7 @@ and
.Bl -tag -width 6n
.It <none>
.Em List .
.Nm Pax
will write to
Write to
.Dv standard output
a table of contents of the members of the archive file read from
.Dv standard input ,
@ -213,8 +212,7 @@ The table of contents contains one filename per line
and is written using single line buffering.
.It Fl r
.Em Read .
.Nm Pax
extracts the members of the archive file read from the
Extract the members of the archive file read from the
.Dv standard input ,
with pathnames matching the specified
.Ar patterns .
@ -228,8 +226,7 @@ the extracted files are discussed in more detail under the
option.
.It Fl w
.Em Write .
.Nm Pax
writes an archive containing the
Write an archive containing the
.Ar file
operands to
.Dv standard output
@ -244,8 +241,7 @@ operand is also a directory, the entire file hierarchy rooted
at that directory will be included.
.It Fl r Fl w
.Em Copy .
.Nm Pax
copies the
Copy the
.Ar file
operands to the destination
.Ar directory .
@ -465,15 +461,17 @@ operand,
will prompt to
.Pa /dev/tty
giving the name of the file, its file mode and its modification time.
.Nm Pax
will then read a line from
The
.Nm
utility will then read a line from
.Pa /dev/tty .
If this line is blank, the file or archive member is skipped.
If this line consists of a single period, the
file or archive member is processed with no modification to its name.
Otherwise, its name is replaced with the contents of the line.
.Nm Pax
will immediately exit with a non-zero exit status if
The
.Nm
utility will immediately exit with a non-zero exit status if
.Dv <EOF>
is encountered when reading a response or if
.Pa /dev/tty
@ -691,8 +689,9 @@ is not buffered, and is written only after the file has been read or written.
.It Fl x Ar format
Specify the output archive format, with the default format being
.Ar ustar .
.Nm Pax
currently supports the following formats:
The
.Nm
utility currently supports the following formats:
.Bl -tag -width "sv4cpio"
.It Ar cpio
The extended cpio interchange format specified in the
@ -753,8 +752,9 @@ The default blocksize for this format is 10240 bytes.
Pathnames stored by this format must be 250 characters or less in length.
.El
.Pp
.Nm Pax
will detect and report any file that it is unable to store or extract
The
.Nm
utility will detect and report any file that it is unable to store or extract
as the result of any specific archive format restrictions.
The individual archive formats may impose additional restrictions on use.
Typical archive format restrictions include (but are not limited to):
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.An Keith Muller
at the University of California, San Diego
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Nm Pax
will exit with one of the following values:
The
.Nm
utility will exit with one of the following values:
.Bl -tag -width 2n
.It 0
All files were processed successfully.