tardiff2(1)

NAME
tardiff2 - Tool to compare tar files

SYNOPSIS
tardiff2 <options> file1 file2 [fileN ...]

DESCRIPTION
tardiff2 provides a utility to compare two (or more) tar files. This is aimed to be a helper when comparing evolving tar files, allowing sanity checks to expected file lists, modes, ownerships and more.

OPTIONS

--all
    Compare all known attributes.

--help, -h
    Display this help and exit.

--ignore-directories, -D
    Ignore directory entries.

--more, -m
    Show a detailed comparison of file differences.

--names, -n
    Only compare file names and not attributes.

--strip-components <num>
    Strip given number of leading components from file names (default: 1).

--version
    Display the version and exit.

--[no-]ATTRIB
    Explicit attributes to use or ignore. To compare using mtime attribute, the argument `--mtime` can be used. To no compare using the size attribute, the argument `--no-size` can be used.

SEE ALSO
Project home <https://github.com/jdknight/tardiff2>