1 This is tar.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.13 from tar.texi.
3 This manual is for GNU `tar' (version 1.27.1, 24 September 2013), which
4 creates and extracts files from archives.
6 Copyright (C) 1992, 1994-1997, 1999-2001, 2003-2013 Free Software
9 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
10 document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
11 Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software
12 Foundation; with the Invariant Sections being "GNU General Public
13 License", with the Front-Cover Texts being "A GNU Manual", and
14 with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the license
15 is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation
18 (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You have the freedom to copy
19 and modify this GNU manual."
21 INFO-DIR-SECTION Archiving
23 * Tar: (tar). Making tape (or disk) archives.
26 INFO-DIR-SECTION Individual utilities
28 * tar: (tar)tar invocation. Invoking GNU `tar'.
40 Node: Introduction
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41 Node: Book Contents
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42 Node: Definitions
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43 Node: What tar Does
\7f15219
44 Node: Naming tar Archives
\7f17985
47 Node: Tutorial
\7f20877
48 Node: assumptions
\7f21690
49 Node: stylistic conventions
\7f24165
50 Node: basic tar options
\7f24608
51 Node: frequent operations
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52 Node: Two Frequent Options
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53 Node: file tutorial
\7f29529
54 Node: verbose tutorial
\7f30886
55 Ref: verbose member listing
\7f33100
56 Node: help tutorial
\7f35860
58 Node: prepare for examples
\7f37715
59 Node: Creating the archive
\7f39484
60 Node: create verbose
\7f42316
61 Node: short create
\7f43136
62 Node: create dir
\7f45889
64 Ref: listing member and file names
\7f49876
65 Node: list dir
\7f52190
67 Node: extracting archives
\7f54316
68 Node: extracting files
\7f54821
69 Ref: extracting files-Footnote-1
\7f57468
70 Node: extract dir
\7f57848
71 Node: extracting untrusted archives
\7f60241
72 Node: failing commands
\7f61120
73 Node: going further
\7f62214
74 Node: tar invocation
\7f62427
75 Node: Synopsis
\7f64207
76 Ref: exit status
\7f67528
77 Node: using tar options
\7f69162
78 Ref: TAR_OPTIONS
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80 Ref: Styles-Footnote-1
\7f73255
81 Node: Long Options
\7f73511
82 Node: Short Options
\7f75683
83 Ref: Short Options-Footnote-1
\7f77491
84 Node: Old Options
\7f77708
86 Ref: Mixing-Footnote-1
\7f82837
87 Node: All Options
\7f82957
88 Node: Operation Summary
\7f83562
90 Ref: --catenate
\7f83762
91 Ref: --compare
\7f83833
92 Ref: --concatenate
\7f84036
96 Ref: --extract
\7f84384
100 Node: Option Summary
\7f84822
101 Ref: --absolute-names
\7f84977
102 Ref: --after-date
\7f85267
103 Ref: --anchored
\7f85319
104 Ref: --atime-preserve
\7f85452
105 Ref: --auto-compress
\7f87972
106 Ref: --backup
\7f88199
107 Ref: --block-number
\7f88390
108 Ref: --blocking-factor
\7f88564
110 Ref: --check-device
\7f88823
111 Ref: --checkpoint
\7f89018
112 Ref: --checkpoint-action
\7f89460
113 Ref: --check-links
\7f90611
114 Ref: --compress
\7f90888
115 Ref: --uncompress
\7f90888
116 Ref: --confirmation
\7f91092
117 Ref: --delay-directory-restore
\7f91160
118 Ref: --dereference
\7f91361
119 Ref: --directory
\7f91555
120 Ref: --exclude
\7f91808
121 Ref: --exclude-backups
\7f91927
122 Ref: --exclude-from
\7f92017
123 Ref: --exclude-caches
\7f92163
124 Ref: --exclude-caches-under
\7f92371
125 Ref: --exclude-caches-all
\7f92549
126 Ref: --exclude-tag
\7f92678
127 Ref: --exclude-tag-under
\7f92849
128 Ref: --exclude-tag-all
\7f93039
129 Ref: --exclude-vcs
\7f93168
131 Ref: --files-from
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132 Ref: --force-local
\7f93737
133 Ref: --format
\7f93928
134 Ref: --full-time
\7f94598
137 Ref: --gunzip
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138 Ref: --ungzip
\7f95574
139 Ref: --hard-dereference
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141 Ref: --ignore-case
\7f96118
142 Ref: --ignore-command-error
\7f96245
143 Ref: --ignore-failed-read
\7f96356
144 Ref: --ignore-zeros
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145 Ref: --incremental
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146 Ref: --index-file
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147 Ref: --info-script
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148 Ref: --new-volume-script
\7f96992
149 Ref: --interactive
\7f97289
150 Ref: ----keep-directory-symlink
\7f97501
151 Ref: --keep-newer-files
\7f98049
152 Ref: --keep-old-files
\7f98191
155 Ref: --listed-incremental
\7f99134
159 Ref: --mtime
\7f100089
160 Ref: --multi-volume
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161 Ref: --newer
\7f100734
162 Ref: --newer-mtime
\7f101012
163 Ref: --no-anchored
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164 Ref: --no-auto-compress
\7f101373
165 Ref: --no-check-device
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166 Ref: --no-delay-directory-restore
\7f101707
167 Ref: --no-ignore-case
\7f101960
168 Ref: --no-ignore-command-error
\7f102053
169 Ref: --no-null
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170 Ref: --no-overwrite-dir
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171 Ref: --no-quote-chars
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172 Ref: --no-recursion
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173 Ref: --no-same-owner
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174 Ref: --no-same-permissions
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175 Ref: --no-seek
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176 Ref: --no-unquote
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177 Ref: --no-wildcards
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178 Ref: --no-wildcards-match-slash
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180 Ref: --numeric-owner
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181 Ref: --occurrence
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182 Ref: --old-archive
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183 Ref: --one-file-system
\7f105264
184 Ref: --overwrite
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185 Ref: --overwrite-dir
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186 Ref: --owner
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187 Ref: --pax-option
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188 Ref: --portability
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189 Ref: --posix
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190 Ref: --preserve
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191 Ref: --preserve-order
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192 Ref: --preserve-permissions
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193 Ref: --same-permissions
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194 Ref: --quote-chars
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195 Ref: --quoting-style
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196 Ref: --read-full-records
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197 Ref: --record-size
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198 Ref: --recursion
\7f108067
199 Ref: --recursive-unlink
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200 Ref: --remove-files
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201 Ref: --restrict
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202 Ref: --rmt-command
\7f108671
203 Ref: --rsh-command
\7f108812
204 Ref: --same-order
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205 Ref: --same-owner
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207 Ref: --show-defaults
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208 Ref: --show-omitted-dirs
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209 Ref: --show-snapshot-field-ranges
\7f110634
210 Ref: --show-transformed-names
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211 Ref: --show-stored-names
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212 Ref: --skip-old-files
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213 Ref: --sparse
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214 Ref: --sparse-version
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215 Ref: --starting-file
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216 Ref: --strip-components
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217 Ref: --suffix
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218 Ref: --tape-length
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219 Ref: --test-label
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220 Ref: --to-command
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221 Ref: --to-stdout
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222 Ref: --totals
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223 Ref: --touch
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224 Ref: --transform
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225 Ref: --xform
\7f113964
226 Ref: --unlink-first
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227 Ref: --unquote
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228 Ref: --use-compress-program
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230 Ref: --verbose
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231 Ref: --verify
\7f115373
232 Ref: --version
\7f115491
233 Ref: --volno-file
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234 Ref: --warning
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235 Ref: --wildcards
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236 Ref: --wildcards-match-slash
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238 Ref: Option Summary-Footnote-1
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239 Node: Short Option Summary
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241 Ref: help-Footnote-1
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242 Node: defaults
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243 Node: verbose
\7f123850
245 Ref: Progress information
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246 Ref: show-omitted-dirs
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247 Ref: block-number
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248 Ref: verbose-Footnote-1
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249 Node: checkpoints
\7f130273
250 Ref: checkpoint exec
\7f134148
251 Node: warnings
\7f136174
252 Node: interactive
\7f139573
253 Node: external
\7f141672
254 Node: operations
\7f143253
255 Node: Basic tar
\7f143512
256 Ref: Basic tar-Footnote-1
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257 Node: Advanced tar
\7f146763
258 Node: Operations
\7f147608
259 Node: append
\7f149507
260 Ref: append-Footnote-1
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261 Node: appending files
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262 Node: multiple
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263 Node: update
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264 Node: how to update
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265 Node: concatenate
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266 Ref: concatenate-Footnote-1
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267 Node: delete
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268 Node: compare
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269 Node: create options
\7f166605
270 Node: override
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271 Node: Ignore Failed Read
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272 Node: extract options
\7f171420
273 Node: Reading
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274 Node: read full records
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275 Node: Ignore Zeros
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276 Node: Writing
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277 Node: Dealing with Old Files
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278 Node: Overwrite Old Files
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279 Node: Keep Old Files
\7f179897
280 Node: Keep Newer Files
\7f180704
281 Node: Unlink First
\7f180994
282 Node: Recursive Unlink
\7f181398
283 Node: Data Modification Times
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284 Node: Setting Access Permissions
\7f182761
285 Node: Directory Modification Times and Permissions
\7f183393
286 Node: Writing to Standard Output
\7f187005
287 Node: Writing to an External Program
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288 Node: remove files
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289 Node: Scarce
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290 Node: Starting File
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291 Node: Same Order
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292 Node: backup
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293 Node: Applications
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294 Node: looking ahead
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295 Node: Backups
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296 Node: Full Dumps
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297 Node: Incremental Dumps
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298 Ref: --level=0
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299 Ref: device numbers
\7f206406
300 Ref: incremental-op
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301 Ref: Incremental Dumps-Footnote-1
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302 Ref: Incremental Dumps-Footnote-2
\7f210908
303 Node: Backup Levels
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304 Node: Backup Parameters
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305 Node: General-Purpose Variables
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307 Node: Magnetic Tape Control
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308 Node: User Hooks
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309 Node: backup-specs example
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310 Node: Scripted Backups
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311 Ref: Scripted Backups-Footnote-1
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312 Node: Scripted Restoration
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313 Node: Choosing
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315 Ref: remote-dev
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316 Ref: local and remote archives
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317 Node: Selecting Archive Members
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318 Ref: input name quoting
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320 Ref: files-Footnote-1
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322 Node: exclude
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323 Node: problems with exclude
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324 Node: wildcards
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325 Node: controlling pattern-matching
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326 Ref: controlling pattern-matching-Footnote-1
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327 Node: quoting styles
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328 Ref: escape sequences
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329 Node: transform
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330 Ref: show-transformed-names
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332 Node: recurse
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334 Node: directory
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335 Node: absolute
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336 Ref: absolute-Footnote-1
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337 Node: Date input formats
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338 Node: General date syntax
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339 Node: Calendar date items
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340 Node: Time of day items
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341 Node: Time zone items
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342 Node: Combined date and time of day items
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343 Node: Day of week items
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344 Node: Relative items in date strings
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345 Node: Pure numbers in date strings
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346 Node: Seconds since the Epoch
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347 Node: Specifying time zone rules
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348 Node: Authors of parse_datetime
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349 Ref: Authors of get_date
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350 Node: Formats
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351 Node: Compression
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353 Ref: alternative decompression programs
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354 Ref: auto-compress
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355 Ref: use-compress-program
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356 Ref: gzip-Footnote-1
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357 Ref: gzip-Footnote-2
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358 Node: lbzip2
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359 Node: sparse
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360 Node: Attributes
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361 Node: Portability
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362 Node: Portable Names
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363 Node: dereference
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364 Node: hard links
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365 Ref: hard links-Footnote-1
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370 Node: PAX keywords
\7f340526
371 Node: Checksumming
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372 Node: Large or Negative Values
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373 Node: Other Tars
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374 Node: Split Recovery
\7f350798
375 Node: Sparse Recovery
\7f354530
376 Ref: extracting sparse v.0.x
\7f358163
377 Ref: Sparse Recovery-Footnote-1
\7f361452
378 Ref: Sparse Recovery-Footnote-2
\7f361475
381 Node: Device
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382 Ref: size-suffixes
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383 Node: Remote Tape Server
\7f374209
384 Node: Common Problems and Solutions
\7f377871
385 Node: Blocking
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386 Ref: Blocking-Footnote-1
\7f384746
387 Node: Format Variations
\7f384850
388 Node: Blocking Factor
\7f385762
390 Node: Tape Positioning
\7f401208
392 Node: Using Multiple Tapes
\7f404636
393 Node: Multi-Volume Archives
\7f406702
394 Ref: tape-length
\7f408187
395 Ref: change volume prompt
\7f408747
396 Ref: volno-file
\7f409618
397 Ref: info-script
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398 Ref: Multi-Volume Archives-Footnote-1
\7f415754
399 Ref: Multi-Volume Archives-Footnote-2
\7f415864
400 Node: Tape Files
\7f415932
401 Node: Tarcat
\7f417414
403 Ref: --test-label option
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404 Ref: label-Footnote-1
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405 Ref: label-Footnote-2
\7f423605
406 Ref: label-Footnote-3
\7f423738
407 Node: verify
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408 Node: Write Protection
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409 Node: Reliability and security
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410 Node: Reliability
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411 Node: Permissions problems
\7f429269
412 Node: Data corruption and repair
\7f429708
413 Node: Race conditions
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414 Node: Security
\7f432374
415 Node: Privacy
\7f432977
416 Node: Integrity
\7f434226
417 Node: Live untrusted data
\7f436437
418 Node: Security rules of thumb
\7f438777
419 Node: Changes
\7f440306
420 Node: Configuring Help Summary
\7f443923
421 Node: Fixing Snapshot Files
\7f450424
422 Node: Tar Internals
\7f453793
423 Node: Standard
\7f454125
424 Node: Extensions
\7f476326
425 Node: Sparse Formats
\7f478886
426 Node: Old GNU Format
\7f480176
429 Node: Snapshot Files
\7f487446
430 Node: Dumpdir
\7f493022
431 Node: Genfile
\7f496268
432 Node: Generate Mode
\7f497361
433 Node: Status Mode
\7f501658
434 Node: Exec Mode
\7f503456
435 Node: Free Software Needs Free Documentation
\7f506201
436 Node: GNU Free Documentation License
\7f511183
437 Node: Index of Command Line Options
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