1 This is tar.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.13 from tar.texi.
3 This manual is for GNU `tar' (version 1.25, 5 November 2010), which
4 creates and extracts files from archives.
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7 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
9 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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14 below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
15 "GNU Free Documentation License".
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19 it in developing GNU and promoting software freedom."
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'.
39 Node: Introduction
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40 Node: Book Contents
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41 Node: Definitions
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42 Node: What tar Does
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43 Node: Naming tar Archives
\7f18199
46 Node: Tutorial
\7f21089
47 Node: assumptions
\7f21902
48 Node: stylistic conventions
\7f24377
49 Node: basic tar options
\7f24820
50 Node: frequent operations
\7f28458
51 Node: Two Frequent Options
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52 Node: file tutorial
\7f29741
53 Node: verbose tutorial
\7f31098
54 Ref: verbose member listing
\7f33312
55 Node: help tutorial
\7f36065
57 Node: prepare for examples
\7f37920
58 Node: Creating the archive
\7f39689
59 Node: create verbose
\7f42521
60 Node: short create
\7f43341
61 Node: create dir
\7f46094
63 Ref: listing member and file names
\7f50076
64 Node: list dir
\7f52390
66 Node: extracting archives
\7f54493
67 Node: extracting files
\7f54983
68 Ref: extracting files-Footnote-1
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69 Node: extract dir
\7f58010
70 Node: extracting untrusted archives
\7f60393
71 Node: failing commands
\7f61272
72 Node: going further
\7f62366
73 Node: tar invocation
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74 Node: Synopsis
\7f64041
75 Node: using tar options
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76 Ref: TAR_OPTIONS
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78 Ref: Styles-Footnote-1
\7f73089
79 Node: Long Options
\7f73345
80 Node: Short Options
\7f75517
81 Ref: Short Options-Footnote-1
\7f77325
82 Node: Old Options
\7f77542
83 Ref: Old Options-Footnote-1
\7f80429
85 Ref: Mixing-Footnote-1
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86 Node: All Options
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87 Node: Operation Summary
\7f83690
89 Ref: --catenate
\7f83890
90 Ref: --compare
\7f83961
91 Ref: --concatenate
\7f84164
95 Ref: --extract
\7f84512
99 Node: Option Summary
\7f84950
100 Ref: --absolute-names
\7f85105
101 Ref: --after-date
\7f85283
102 Ref: --anchored
\7f85335
103 Ref: --atime-preserve
\7f85468
104 Ref: --auto-compress
\7f87988
105 Ref: --backup
\7f88215
106 Ref: --block-number
\7f88406
107 Ref: --blocking-factor
\7f88580
109 Ref: --check-device
\7f88839
110 Ref: --checkpoint
\7f89034
111 Ref: --checkpoint-action
\7f89476
112 Ref: --check-links
\7f90627
113 Ref: --compress
\7f90904
114 Ref: --uncompress
\7f90904
115 Ref: --confirmation
\7f91108
116 Ref: --delay-directory-restore
\7f91176
117 Ref: --dereference
\7f91377
118 Ref: --directory
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119 Ref: --exclude
\7f91824
120 Ref: --exclude-backups
\7f91943
121 Ref: --exclude-from
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122 Ref: --exclude-caches
\7f92179
123 Ref: --exclude-caches-under
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124 Ref: --exclude-caches-all
\7f92565
125 Ref: --exclude-tag
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126 Ref: --exclude-tag-under
\7f92865
127 Ref: --exclude-tag-all
\7f93055
128 Ref: --exclude-vcs
\7f93184
130 Ref: --files-from
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131 Ref: --force-local
\7f93753
132 Ref: --format
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133 Ref: --full-time
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136 Ref: --gunzip
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137 Ref: --ungzip
\7f95642
138 Ref: --hard-dereference
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140 Ref: --ignore-case
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141 Ref: --ignore-command-error
\7f96313
142 Ref: --ignore-failed-read
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143 Ref: --ignore-zeros
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144 Ref: --incremental
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145 Ref: --index-file
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146 Ref: --info-script
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147 Ref: --new-volume-script
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148 Ref: --interactive
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149 Ref: --keep-newer-files
\7f97582
150 Ref: --keep-old-files
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153 Ref: --listed-incremental
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158 Ref: --multi-volume
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159 Ref: --newer
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160 Ref: --newer-mtime
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161 Ref: --no-anchored
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162 Ref: --no-auto-compress
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163 Ref: --no-check-device
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164 Ref: --no-delay-directory-restore
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165 Ref: --no-ignore-case
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166 Ref: --no-ignore-command-error
\7f101503
167 Ref: --no-null
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168 Ref: --no-overwrite-dir
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169 Ref: --no-quote-chars
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170 Ref: --no-recursion
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171 Ref: --no-same-owner
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172 Ref: --no-same-permissions
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173 Ref: --no-seek
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174 Ref: --no-unquote
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175 Ref: --no-wildcards
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176 Ref: --no-wildcards-match-slash
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178 Ref: --numeric-owner
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179 Ref: --occurrence
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180 Ref: --old-archive
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181 Ref: --one-file-system
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182 Ref: --overwrite
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183 Ref: --overwrite-dir
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184 Ref: --owner
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185 Ref: --pax-option
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186 Ref: --portability
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187 Ref: --posix
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188 Ref: --preserve
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189 Ref: --preserve-order
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190 Ref: --preserve-permissions
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191 Ref: --same-permissions
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192 Ref: --quote-chars
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193 Ref: --quoting-style
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194 Ref: --read-full-records
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195 Ref: --record-size
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196 Ref: --recursion
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197 Ref: --recursive-unlink
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198 Ref: --remove-files
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199 Ref: --restrict
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200 Ref: --rmt-command
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201 Ref: --rsh-command
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202 Ref: --same-order
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203 Ref: --same-owner
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205 Ref: --show-defaults
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206 Ref: --show-omitted-dirs
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207 Ref: --show-transformed-names
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208 Ref: --show-stored-names
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209 Ref: --sparse
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210 Ref: --sparse-version
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211 Ref: --starting-file
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212 Ref: --strip-components
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213 Ref: --suffix
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214 Ref: --tape-length
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215 Ref: --test-label
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216 Ref: --to-command
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217 Ref: --to-stdout
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218 Ref: --totals
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219 Ref: --touch
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220 Ref: --transform
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221 Ref: --xform
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222 Ref: --unlink-first
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223 Ref: --unquote
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224 Ref: --use-compress-program
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226 Ref: --verbose
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227 Ref: --verify
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228 Ref: --version
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229 Ref: --volno-file
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230 Ref: --warning
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231 Ref: --wildcards
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232 Ref: --wildcards-match-slash
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234 Ref: Option Summary-Footnote-1
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235 Node: Short Option Summary
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237 Ref: help-Footnote-1
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238 Node: defaults
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239 Node: verbose
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241 Ref: Progress information
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242 Ref: show-omitted-dirs
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243 Ref: block-number
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244 Ref: verbose-Footnote-1
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245 Node: checkpoints
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246 Node: warnings
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247 Node: interactive
\7f137910
248 Node: operations
\7f139992
249 Node: Basic tar
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250 Ref: Basic tar-Footnote-1
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251 Node: Advanced tar
\7f143499
252 Node: Operations
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253 Node: append
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254 Ref: append-Footnote-1
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255 Node: appending files
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256 Node: multiple
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257 Node: update
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258 Node: how to update
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259 Node: concatenate
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260 Ref: concatenate-Footnote-1
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261 Node: delete
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262 Node: compare
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263 Node: create options
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264 Node: override
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265 Node: Ignore Failed Read
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266 Node: extract options
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267 Node: Reading
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268 Node: read full records
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269 Node: Ignore Zeros
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270 Node: Writing
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271 Node: Dealing with Old Files
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272 Node: Overwrite Old Files
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273 Node: Keep Old Files
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274 Node: Keep Newer Files
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275 Node: Unlink First
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276 Node: Recursive Unlink
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277 Node: Data Modification Times
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278 Node: Setting Access Permissions
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279 Node: Directory Modification Times and Permissions
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280 Node: Writing to Standard Output
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281 Node: Writing to an External Program
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282 Node: remove files
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283 Node: Scarce
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284 Node: Starting File
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285 Node: Same Order
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286 Node: backup
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287 Node: Applications
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288 Node: looking ahead
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289 Node: Backups
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290 Node: Full Dumps
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291 Node: Incremental Dumps
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292 Ref: --level=0
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293 Ref: device numbers
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294 Ref: incremental-op
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295 Ref: Incremental Dumps-Footnote-1
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296 Ref: Incremental Dumps-Footnote-2
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297 Node: Backup Levels
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298 Node: Backup Parameters
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299 Node: General-Purpose Variables
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301 Node: Magnetic Tape Control
\7f214842
302 Node: User Hooks
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303 Node: backup-specs example
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304 Node: Scripted Backups
\7f218652
305 Ref: Scripted Backups-Footnote-1
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306 Node: Scripted Restoration
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307 Node: Choosing
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309 Ref: remote-dev
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310 Ref: local and remote archives
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311 Node: Selecting Archive Members
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312 Ref: input name quoting
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314 Ref: files-Footnote-1
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316 Node: exclude
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317 Node: problems with exclude
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318 Node: wildcards
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319 Node: controlling pattern-matching
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320 Ref: controlling pattern-matching-Footnote-1
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321 Node: quoting styles
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322 Ref: escape sequences
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323 Node: transform
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324 Ref: show-transformed-names
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326 Node: recurse
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328 Node: directory
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329 Node: absolute
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330 Ref: absolute-Footnote-1
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331 Node: Date input formats
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332 Node: General date syntax
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333 Node: Calendar date items
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334 Node: Time of day items
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335 Node: Time zone items
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336 Node: Day of week items
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337 Node: Relative items in date strings
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338 Node: Pure numbers in date strings
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339 Node: Seconds since the Epoch
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340 Node: Specifying time zone rules
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341 Node: Authors of parse_datetime
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342 Ref: Authors of get_date
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343 Node: Formats
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344 Node: Compression
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346 Ref: alternative decompression programs
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347 Ref: auto-compress
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348 Ref: gzip-Footnote-1
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349 Ref: gzip-Footnote-2
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350 Node: lbzip2
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351 Node: sparse
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352 Node: Attributes
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353 Node: Portability
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354 Node: Portable Names
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355 Node: dereference
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356 Node: hard links
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357 Ref: hard links-Footnote-1
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362 Node: PAX keywords
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363 Node: Checksumming
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364 Node: Large or Negative Values
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365 Node: Other Tars
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366 Node: Split Recovery
\7f344899
367 Node: Sparse Recovery
\7f348631
368 Ref: extracting sparse v.0.x
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369 Ref: Sparse Recovery-Footnote-1
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370 Ref: Sparse Recovery-Footnote-2
\7f355576
373 Node: Device
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374 Ref: size-suffixes
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375 Node: Remote Tape Server
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376 Node: Common Problems and Solutions
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377 Node: Blocking
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378 Node: Format Variations
\7f378859
379 Node: Blocking Factor
\7f379771
381 Node: Tape Positioning
\7f395217
383 Node: Using Multiple Tapes
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384 Node: Multi-Volume Archives
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385 Ref: tape-length
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386 Ref: change volume prompt
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387 Ref: volno-file
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388 Ref: info-script
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389 Ref: Multi-Volume Archives-Footnote-1
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390 Ref: Multi-Volume Archives-Footnote-2
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391 Node: Tape Files
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392 Node: Tarcat
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394 Ref: --test-label option
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395 Ref: label-Footnote-1
\7f417090
396 Ref: label-Footnote-2
\7f417199
397 Ref: label-Footnote-3
\7f417332
398 Node: verify
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399 Node: Write Protection
\7f420867
400 Node: Reliability and security
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401 Node: Reliability
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402 Node: Permissions problems
\7f422863
403 Node: Data corruption and repair
\7f423302
404 Node: Race conditions
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405 Node: Security
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406 Node: Privacy
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407 Node: Integrity
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408 Node: Live untrusted data
\7f429861
409 Node: Security rules of thumb
\7f432201
410 Node: Changes
\7f433730
411 Node: Configuring Help Summary
\7f437345
412 Node: Fixing Snapshot Files
\7f443846
413 Node: Tar Internals
\7f446032
414 Node: Standard
\7f446364
415 Node: Extensions
\7f468565
416 Node: Sparse Formats
\7f471125
417 Node: Old GNU Format
\7f472415
420 Node: Snapshot Files
\7f479685
421 Node: Dumpdir
\7f484146
422 Node: Genfile
\7f487392
423 Node: Generate Mode
\7f488485
424 Node: Status Mode
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425 Node: Exec Mode
\7f494581
426 Node: Free Software Needs Free Documentation
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427 Node: GNU Free Documentation License
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428 Node: Index of Command Line Options
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