tartest(1)
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 un
- der 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.