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Keep Old Files

--keep-old-files
-k

Do not replace existing files from archive. The --keep-old-files (-k) option prevents tar from replacing existing files with files with the same name from the archive. The --keep-old-files option is meaningless with --list (-t). Prevents tar from replacing files in the file system during extraction.