vflag > 0 (-v, -vv, -vvv, -vvvv, ...): (1) Gives a verbosity message for each file processed in all modes except -t, where a table of contents is generated instead. (2) Gives differences in verbose mode for -d mode. (3) Gives long listing (ala ls -l) for -t mode. vflag > 1 (-vv, -vvv, -vvvv, ...): (1) Gives buffer size and media size for all modes. (2) For multiply linked files, gives name of file to which the current file is linked, for all modes. If a file is a symbolic link, show to what file it points. (3) Gives warning messages about files that are not superseded during archive extraction. Files are superseded when an older file from an archive replaces an existing file that has the same date or a new date. Normally bru does not supersede files with explicit directive via the -u flag. This was not tied to verbosity level 1 because bru is frequently used to bring an existing file hierarchy up to date by "overlaying" it with another hierarchy from an archive, replacing out of date files,and adding non-existant files. This way, a list of the files actually extracted can be obtained without generating a lot of spurious warnings about the majority of files, which will not be superseded. (4) Echos the user name and uid for selecting files owned by a specific user with the -o flag. (5) Echos the modification selection date for selecting files newer than a specified date with the -n flag. vflag > 2 (-vvv, -vvvv, ...): (1) Dumps archive information block for -i flag. vflag > 3 (-vvvv, ...): (1) Gives execution summary at end of execution. (2) Gives "interrupted ..." or "aborted ..." message for reception of SIGINT or SIGQUIT during archive creation (-c) or extraction (-x) whenever such signals are being caught.