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To get information about the contents of an archived directory, use the directory name as a file name argument in conjunction with `--list' (`-t'). To find out file attributes, include the `--verbose' (`-v') option.
For example, to find out about files in the directory `practice', in the archive file `music', type:
% tar --list --file=music practice
tar responds:
drwxrwxrwx myself/user 0 May 31 21:49 1990 practice/ -rw-rw-rw- myself/user 42 May 21 13:29 1990 practice/blues -rw-rw-rw- myself/user 62 May 23 10:55 1990 practice/folk -rw-rw-rw- myself/user 40 May 21 13:30 1990 practice/jazz -rw-rw-rw- myself/user 10240 May 31 21:49 1990 practice/records
When you use a directory name as a file name argument, tar acts on
all the files (including sub-directories) in that directory.
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