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-.Dd October 1, 2017
+.Dd June 3, 2019
.Dt TAR 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.It Fl Fl clear-nochange-fflags
(x mode only)
Before removing file system objects to replace them, clear platform-specific
-file flags that might prevent removal.
+file attributes or file flags that might prevent removal.
.It Fl Fl exclude Ar pattern
Do not process files or directories that match the
specified pattern.
.Sq Darcs .
.It Fl Fl fflags
(c, r, u, x modes only)
-Archive or extract file flags. This is the reverse of
+Archive or extract platform-specific file attributes or file flags.
+This is the reverse of
.Fl Fl no-fflags
and the default behavior in c, r, and u modes or if
.Nm
and the default behavior if
.Nm
is run as non-root in x mode.
-.It Fl n , Fl Fl norecurse , Fl Fl no-recursion
.It Fl Fl no-same-owner
(x mode only)
Do not extract owner and group IDs.
.It Fl p , Fl Fl insecure , Fl Fl preserve-permissions
(x mode only)
Preserve file permissions.
-Attempt to restore the full permissions, including owner, file modes, ACLs,
+Attempt to restore the full permissions, including file modes, ACLs,
extended attributes and extended file flags, if available, for each item
-extracted from the archive. This is te reverse of
+extracted from the archive. This is the reverse of
.Fl Fl no-same-permissions
and the default if
.Nm
-is being run by root and can be partially overridden by also specifying
+is being run as root. It can be partially overridden by also specifying
.Fl Fl no-acls ,
.Fl Fl no-fflags ,
.Fl Fl no-mac-metadata