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

   This manual is for GNU `tar' (version 1.35, 26 August 2023), which
creates and extracts files from archives.

   Copyright (C) 1992, 1994-1997, 1999-2001, 2003-2017, 2021-2023 Free
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     is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation
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     (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: (gnutar).                   Making tape (or disk) archives.
END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY

INFO-DIR-SECTION Individual utilities
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* tar: (gnutar)tar invocation.                     Invoking GNU `tar'.
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Node: Introduction11624
Node: Book Contents12411
Node: Definitions14583
Node: What tar Does16386
Node: Naming tar Archives19152
Node: Authors19872
Node: Reports21686
Node: Tutorial22043
Node: assumptions22856
Node: stylistic conventions25331
Node: basic tar options25774
Node: frequent operations29412
Node: Two Frequent Options30064
Node: file tutorial30695
Node: verbose tutorial32052
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Node: help tutorial37486
Node: create37840
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Node: Creating the archive41047
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Node: short create45454
Node: create dir48191
Node: list50899
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Node: extract56064
Node: extracting archives57178
Node: extracting files57683
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Node: extract dir59950
Node: extracting untrusted archives62343
Node: failing commands63222
Node: going further64807
Node: tar invocation65020
Node: Synopsis66800
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Node: Warning Classes157244
Node: Warning Defaults157861
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Node: delete181924
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Node: Ignore Zeros201222
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Node: Dealing with Old Files203012
Node: Overwrite Old Files205815
Node: Keep Old Files207272
Node: Keep Newer Files208079
Node: Unlink First208369
Node: Recursive Unlink208773
Node: Data Modification Times209326
Node: Setting Access Permissions210136
Node: Directory Modification Times and Permissions210768
Node: Writing to Standard Output214380
Node: Writing to an External Program215915
Node: remove files219497
Node: Scarce219690
Node: Starting File219938
Node: Same Order220739
Node: backup221575
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Node: Backups225482
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Node: Backup Parameters239700
Node: General-Purpose Variables240874
Ref: RSH244035
Node: Magnetic Tape Control245914
Node: User Hooks247252
Node: backup-specs example248581
Node: Scripted Backups249724
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Node: Scripted Restoration252971
Node: Choosing255582
Node: file256704
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Node: ustar370976
Node: gnu371579
Node: posix372456
Node: PAX keywords372937
Node: Checksumming380350
Node: Large or Negative Values382293
Node: Other Tars383893
Node: Split Recovery385029
Node: Sparse Recovery388649
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Node: cpio395673
Node: Media400430
Node: Device402377
Ref: size-suffixes407166
Node: Remote Tape Server408286
Node: Common Problems and Solutions411949
Node: Blocking412341
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Node: Format Variations418928
Node: Blocking Factor419840
Node: Many431492
Node: Tape Positioning435286
Node: mt437159
Node: Using Multiple Tapes438714
Node: Multi-Volume Archives440780
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Node: Tarcat451493
Node: label452538
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Node: verify458052
Node: Write Protection461352
Node: Reliability and security462182
Node: Reliability462570
Node: Permissions problems463348
Node: Data corruption and repair463787
Node: Race conditions464713
Node: Security466453
Node: Privacy467056
Node: Integrity468305
Node: Live untrusted data470516
Node: Security rules of thumb472856
Node: Changes474385
Node: Recipes477968
Node: copy directory hierarchy478253
Node: intermediate directories479057
Ref: intermediate directories-Footnote-1481420
Node: Configuring Help Summary481544
Node: Fixing Snapshot Files488047
Node: Tar Internals491416
Node: Standard491748
Node: Extensions514131
Node: Sparse Formats517419
Node: Old GNU Format518709
Node: PAX 0521110
Node: PAX 1524237
Node: Snapshot Files525956
Node: Dumpdir531525
Node: Genfile534771
Node: Generate Mode536005
Node: Status Mode541191
Node: Set File Time543196
Node: Exec Mode544113
Node: GNU Free Documentation License547463
Node: Index of Command Line Options572650
Node: Index600382

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