@set xref-checkpoint @xref{verbose}
@set pxref-checkpoint @pxref{verbose}
+@set op-check-links @kbd{--check-links}
+
@set op-compare @kbd{--compare} (@kbd{--diff}, @kbd{-d})
@set ref-compare @ref{compare}
@set xref-compare @xref{compare}
indication that @command{tar} is still running, but don't want to see
@samp{--verbose} output. @FIXME-xref{}
+@item --check-links
+
+If this option was given, @command{tar} will check the number of links
+dumped for each processed file. If this number does not match the
+total number of hard links for the file, a warning message will be
+output.
+
@item --compress
@itemx --uncompress
@itemx -Z
invocation.
@end itemize
-In previous versions of @acronym{GNU} @command{tar}, the
-@samp{--compress-block} option (or even older:
-@samp{--block-compress}) was necessary to reblock compressed archives.
-It is now a dummy option just asking not to be used, and otherwise
-ignored. If the output goes directly to a local disk, and not through
+If the output goes directly to a local disk, and not through
stdout, then the last write is not extended to a full record size.
Otherwise, reblocking occurs. Here are a few other remarks on this
topic: