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and extracts files from archives.
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INFO-DIR-SECTION Archiving
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* Tar: (tar). Making tape (or disk) archives.
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INFO-DIR-SECTION Individual utilities
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* tar: (tar)tar invocation. Invoking GNU ‘tar’.
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Node: Definitions14830
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Node: Authors20329
Node: Reports22179
Node: Tutorial22540
Node: assumptions23385
Node: stylistic conventions25897
Node: basic tar options26358
Node: frequent operations30134
Node: Two Frequent Options30812
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Node: list52461
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Node: Data Modification Times217692
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Node: Backup Parameters249044
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Node: Many449175
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Node: Reliability and security480804
Node: Reliability481196
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Node: Data corruption and repair482429
Node: Race conditions483362
Node: Security485131
Node: Privacy485742
Node: Integrity487007
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Node: Changes493297
Node: Recipes497014
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Node: Tar Internals510692
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Node: Genfile555094
Node: Generate Mode556359
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Node: Exec Mode564879
Node: GNU Free Documentation License568374
Node: Index of Command Line Options593749
Node: Index623104
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