This is ./tar.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.8 from ./tar.texi.

   This manual is for GNU `tar' (version 1.28, 21 July 2014), 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: Introduction10449
Node: Book Contents11236
Node: Definitions13408
Node: What tar Does15211
Node: Naming tar Archives17977
Node: Authors18697
Node: Reports20510
Node: Tutorial20867
Node: assumptions21680
Node: stylistic conventions24155
Node: basic tar options24598
Node: frequent operations28236
Node: Two Frequent Options28888
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Node: verbose tutorial30876
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Node: short create43126
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Node: list48587
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Node: extract dir57838
Node: extracting untrusted archives60231
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Node: Synopsis64197
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Node: Data Modification Times186258
Node: Setting Access Permissions187068
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Node: Backup Parameters218090
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Node: Magnetic Tape Control224311
Node: User Hooks225649
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Node: Media373002
Node: Device374949
Ref: size-suffixes379738
Node: Remote Tape Server380858
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Node: Many404063
Node: Tape Positioning407857
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Node: Tarcat424064
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Node: Reliability and security434753
Node: Reliability435141
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Node: Data corruption and repair436358
Node: Race conditions437284
Node: Security439024
Node: Privacy439627
Node: Integrity440876
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Node: Security rules of thumb445427
Node: Changes446956
Node: Configuring Help Summary450571
Node: Fixing Snapshot Files457074
Node: Tar Internals460443
Node: Standard460775
Node: Extensions482976
Node: Sparse Formats485536
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Node: PAX 0489227
Node: PAX 1492358
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Node: Dumpdir499666
Node: Genfile502912
Node: Generate Mode504005
Node: Status Mode508302
Node: Exec Mode510100
Node: Free Software Needs Free Documentation512845
Node: GNU Free Documentation License517827
Node: Index of Command Line Options543043
Node: Index569483

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