-A

-concatenate.

-B

-read-full-records.

-C

-directory.

-F

-info-script.

-G

-incremental.

-J

-xz.

-K

-starting-file.

-L

-tape-length.

-M

-multi-volume.

-N

-newer.

-O

-to-stdout.

-P

-absolute-names.

-R

-block-number.

-S

-sparse.

-T

-files-from.

-U

-unlink-first.

-V

-label.

-W

-verify.

-X

-exclude-from.

-Z

-compress.

-b

-blocking-factor.

-c

-create.

-d

-compare.

-f

-file.

-g

-listed-incremental.

-h

-dereference.

-i

-ignore-zeros.

-j

-bzip2.

-k

-keep-old-files.

-l

-check-links.

-m

-touch.

-o

When creating, -no-same-owner, when extracting -- -portability.

The latter usage is deprecated. It is retained for compatibility with the earlier versions of GNU tar. In future releases `-o' will be equivalent to `--no-same-owner' only.

-p

-preserve-permissions.

-r

-append.

-s

-same-order.

-t

-list.

-u

-update.

-v

-verbose.

-w

-interactive.

-x

-extract.

-z

-gzip.