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1 This is tar.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.13 from tar.texi.
2
3 This manual is for GNU `tar' (version 1.25, 5 November 2010), which
4 creates and extracts files from archives.
5
6    Copyright (C) 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003,
7 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
8
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 no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover Texts
13      being "A GNU Manual", and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a)
14      below.  A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
15      "GNU Free Documentation License".
16
17      (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You have the freedom to copy
18      and modify this GNU manual.  Buying copies from the FSF supports
19      it in developing GNU and promoting software freedom."
20
21 INFO-DIR-SECTION Archiving
22 START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
23 * Tar: (tar).                   Making tape (or disk) archives.
24 END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
25
26 INFO-DIR-SECTION Individual utilities
27 START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
28 * tar: (tar)tar invocation.                     Invoking GNU `tar'.
29 END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
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36 Tag Table:
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39 Node: Introduction\7f10671
40 Node: Book Contents\7f11458
41 Node: Definitions\7f13630
42 Node: What tar Does\7f15433
43 Node: Naming tar Archives\7f18199
44 Node: Authors\7f18919
45 Node: Reports\7f20732
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\7f29110
52 Node: file tutorial\7f29741
53 Node: verbose tutorial\7f31098
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55 Node: help tutorial\7f36065
56 Node: create\7f36419
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72 Node: going further\7f62366
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248 Node: operations\7f139992
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274 Node: Keep Newer Files\7f175984
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276 Node: Recursive Unlink\7f176678
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278 Node: Setting Access Permissions\7f178041
279 Node: Directory Modification Times and Permissions\7f178673
280 Node: Writing to Standard Output\7f182285
281 Node: Writing to an External Program\7f183820
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283 Node: Scarce\7f187152
284 Node: Starting File\7f187400
285 Node: Same Order\7f188201
286 Node: backup\7f189037
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288 Node: looking ahead\7f193584
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290 Node: Full Dumps\7f195991
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301 Node: Magnetic Tape Control\7f214842
302 Node: User Hooks\7f216180
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306 Node: Scripted Restoration\7f221899
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365 Node: Other Tars\7f343763
366 Node: Split Recovery\7f344899
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380 Node: Many\7f391423
381 Node: Tape Positioning\7f395217
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400 Node: Reliability and security\7f421697
401 Node: Reliability\7f422085
402 Node: Permissions problems\7f422863
403 Node: Data corruption and repair\7f423302
404 Node: Race conditions\7f424228
405 Node: Security\7f425968
406 Node: Privacy\7f426571
407 Node: Integrity\7f427820
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
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424 Node: Status Mode\7f492782
425 Node: Exec Mode\7f494581
426 Node: Free Software Needs Free Documentation\7f497326
427 Node: GNU Free Documentation License\7f502308
428 Node: Index of Command Line Options\7f527521
429 Node: Index\7f553020
430 \1f
431 End Tag Table