This is tar.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.13 from tar.texi.

This manual is for GNU `tar' (version 1.27.1, 24 September 2013), which
creates and extracts files from archives.

   Copyright (C) 1992, 1994-1997, 1999-2001, 2003-2013 Free Software
Foundation, Inc.

     Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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     License", with the Front-Cover Texts being "A GNU Manual", and
     with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below.  A copy of the license
     is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation
     License".

     (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You have the freedom to copy
     and modify this GNU manual."

INFO-DIR-SECTION Archiving
START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
* Tar: (tar).                   Making tape (or disk) archives.
END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY

INFO-DIR-SECTION Individual utilities
START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
* tar: (tar)tar invocation.                     Invoking GNU `tar'.
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Node: Introduction10457
Node: Book Contents11244
Node: Definitions13416
Node: What tar Does15219
Node: Naming tar Archives17985
Node: Authors18705
Node: Reports20520
Node: Tutorial20877
Node: assumptions21690
Node: stylistic conventions24165
Node: basic tar options24608
Node: frequent operations28246
Node: Two Frequent Options28898
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Node: list48597
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Node: extract53202
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Node: extracting files54821
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Node: General-Purpose Variables214964
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Node: Magnetic Tape Control220004
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Node: file230794
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Node: Media366353
Node: Device368300
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Node: Common Problems and Solutions377871
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Node: Blocking Factor385762
Node: Many397414
Node: Tape Positioning401208
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Node: Tarcat417414
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Node: Reliability and security428103
Node: Reliability428491
Node: Permissions problems429269
Node: Data corruption and repair429708
Node: Race conditions430634
Node: Security432374
Node: Privacy432977
Node: Integrity434226
Node: Live untrusted data436437
Node: Security rules of thumb438777
Node: Changes440306
Node: Configuring Help Summary443923
Node: Fixing Snapshot Files450424
Node: Tar Internals453793
Node: Standard454125
Node: Extensions476326
Node: Sparse Formats478886
Node: Old GNU Format480176
Node: PAX 0482577
Node: PAX 1485708
Node: Snapshot Files487446
Node: Dumpdir493022
Node: Genfile496268
Node: Generate Mode497361
Node: Status Mode501658
Node: Exec Mode503456
Node: Free Software Needs Free Documentation506201
Node: GNU Free Documentation License511183
Node: Index of Command Line Options536396
Node: Index562252

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