shtool-tarball(1) on Linux
The text a1e598362fb7, as Debian 8 (Jessie), Debian 7 (Wheezy), Debian 6.0 (Squeeze) shipped it.
GNU shtool command for rolling standardized tarballs
Flags it lists
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--compress -
--directory -
--exclude -
--group -
--output -
--trace -
--user -
--verbose -
-c -
-d -
-e -
-g -
-o -
-t -
-u -
-v