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4.2.2.1 Appending Files to an Archive
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The simplest way to add a file to an already existing archive is the
'--append' ('-r') operation, which writes specified files into the
archive whether or not they are already among the archived files.
When you use '--append', you _must_ specify file name arguments, as
there is no default. If you specify a file that already exists in the
archive, another copy of the file will be added to the end of the
archive. As with other operations, the member names of the newly added
files will be exactly the same as their names given on the command line.
The '--verbose' ('-v') option will print out the names of the files as
they are written into the archive.
'--append' cannot be performed on some tape drives, unfortunately,
due to deficiencies in the formats those tape drives use. The archive
must be a valid 'tar' archive, or else the results of using this
operation will be unpredictable. Media.
To demonstrate using '--append' to add a file to an archive, create a
file called 'rock' in the 'practice' directory. Make sure you are in
the 'practice' directory. Then, run the following 'tar' command to add
'rock' to 'collection.tar':
$ tar --append --file=collection.tar rock
If you now use the '--list' ('-t') operation, you will see that 'rock'
has been added to the archive:
$ tar --list --file=collection.tar
-rw-r--r-- me/user 28 1996-10-18 16:31 jazz
-rw-r--r-- me/user 21 1996-09-23 16:44 blues
-rw-r--r-- me/user 20 1996-09-23 16:44 folk
-rw-r--r-- me/user 20 1996-09-23 16:44 rock
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