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This is tar.info, produced by makeinfo version 5.9.93 from tar.texi.

This manual is for GNU 'tar' (version 1.29, 14 April 2016), which
creates and extracts files from archives.

   Copyright (C) 1992, 1994-1997, 1999-2001, 2003-2016 Free Software
Foundation, Inc.

     Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
     document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
     Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software
     Foundation; with the Invariant Sections being "GNU General Public
     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: Definitions13454
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Node: Reports20558
Node: Tutorial20915
Node: assumptions21728
Node: stylistic conventions24202
Node: basic tar options24645
Node: frequent operations28284
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Node: Remote Tape Server401191
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Node: Tape Positioning428195
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Node: Write Protection454263
Node: Reliability and security455093
Node: Reliability455481
Node: Permissions problems456259
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Node: Security459364
Node: Privacy459967
Node: Integrity461216
Node: Live untrusted data463427
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Node: Changes467294
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Node: Fixing Snapshot Files477431
Node: Tar Internals480800
Node: Standard481132
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Node: Sparse Formats505897
Node: Old GNU Format507186
Node: PAX 0509573
Node: PAX 1512691
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Node: Dumpdir520017
Node: Genfile523247
Node: Generate Mode524343
Node: Status Mode529583
Node: Exec Mode531385
Node: Free Software Needs Free Documentation534145
Node: GNU Free Documentation License539126
Node: Index of Command Line Options564329
Node: Index592555

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