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

   This manual is for GNU `tar' (version 1.19, 26 September 2007),
which creates and extracts files from archives.

   Copyright (C) 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003,
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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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: Book Contents11234
Node: Definitions13406
Node: What tar Does15209
Node: Naming tar Archives17975
Node: Authors18695
Node: Reports20508
Node: Tutorial20868
Node: assumptions21681
Node: stylistic conventions24156
Node: basic tar options24599
Node: frequent operations28237
Node: Two Frequent Options28889
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Node: list48584
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Node: extracting files54795
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Node: going further62184
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Node: Data Modification Times163335
Node: Setting Access Permissions164145
Node: Directory Modification Times and Permissions164777
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Node: Scarce172824
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Node: Backup Parameters193916
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Node: Day of week items273180
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Node: cpio328756
Node: Media333512
Node: Device335442
Node: Remote Tape Server340510
Node: Common Problems and Solutions344240
Node: Blocking344632
Node: Format Variations351139
Node: Blocking Factor352051
Node: Many363705
Node: Tape Positioning367499
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Node: Using Multiple Tapes370927
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Node: Tarcat382969
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Node: Changes393053
Node: Configuring Help Summary396638
Node: Fixing Snapshot Files403141
Node: Tar Internals405326
Node: Standard405658
Node: Extensions427859
Node: Sparse Formats430419
Node: Old GNU Format431709
Node: PAX 0434120
Node: PAX 1437247
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Node: Dumpdir443434
Node: Genfile446680
Node: Generate Mode447773
Node: Status Mode452070
Node: Exec Mode453869
Node: Free Software Needs Free Documentation456105
Node: Copying This Manual461076
Node: GNU Free Documentation License461358
Node: Index of Command Line Options483765
Node: Index506475

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