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diff --git a/doc/tar.texi b/doc/tar.texi index 5d2d057a..ec657f53 100644 --- a/doc/tar.texi +++ b/doc/tar.texi @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ This manual is for @acronym{GNU} @command{tar} (version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}), which creates and extracts files from archives. -Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1994--1997, 1999--2001, 2003--2016 Free +Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1994--1997, 1999--2001, 2003--2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @quotation @@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ document. The rest of the menu lists all the lower level nodes. Appendices * Changes:: +* Recipes:: Frequently used tar recipes * Configuring Help Summary:: * Fixing Snapshot Files:: * Tar Internals:: @@ -204,7 +205,6 @@ All @command{tar} Options * create options:: * extract options:: * backup:: -* Applications:: * looking ahead:: Advanced @GNUTAR{} Operations @@ -4777,7 +4777,6 @@ expanded by the shell when invoking @command{tar}. * create options:: * extract options:: * backup:: -* Applications:: * looking ahead:: @end menu @@ -6501,65 +6500,6 @@ set, the default is @samp{~}, just as in Emacs. @end table -@node Applications -@section Notable @command{tar} Usages -@UNREVISED - -@FIXME{Using Unix file linking capability to recreate directory -structures---linking files into one subdirectory and then -@command{tar}ring that directory.} - -@FIXME{Nice hairy example using absolute-names, newer, etc.} - -@findex uuencode -You can easily use archive files to transport a group of files from -one system to another: put all relevant files into an archive on one -computer system, transfer the archive to another system, and extract -the contents there. The basic transfer medium might be magnetic tape, -Internet FTP, or even electronic mail (though you must encode the -archive with @command{uuencode} in order to transport it properly by -mail). Both machines do not have to use the same operating system, as -long as they both support the @command{tar} program. - -For example, here is how you might copy a directory's contents from -one disk to another, while preserving the dates, modes, owners and -link-structure of all the files therein. In this case, the transfer -medium is a @dfn{pipe}: - -@smallexample -$ @kbd{(cd sourcedir; tar -cf - .) | (cd targetdir; tar -xf -)} -@end smallexample - -@noindent -You can avoid subshells by using @option{-C} option: - -@smallexample -$ @kbd{tar -C sourcedir -cf - . | tar -C targetdir -xf -} -@end smallexample - -@noindent -The command also works using long option forms: - -@smallexample -@group -$ @kbd{(cd sourcedir; tar --create --file=- . ) \ - | (cd targetdir; tar --extract --file=-)} -@end group -@end smallexample - -@noindent -or - -@smallexample -@group -$ @kbd{tar --directory sourcedir --create --file=- . \ - | tar --directory targetdir --extract --file=-} -@end group -@end smallexample - -@noindent -This is one of the easiest methods to transfer a @command{tar} archive. - @node looking ahead @section Looking Ahead: The Rest of this Manual @@ -12932,8 +12872,8 @@ understand their security implications. @appendix Changes This appendix lists some important user-visible changes between -version @GNUTAR{} @value{VERSION} and previous versions. An up-to-date -version of this document is available at +various versions of @GNUTAR{}. An up-to-date version of this document +is available at @uref{http://www.gnu.org/@/software/@/tar/manual/changes.html,the @GNUTAR{} documentation page}. @@ -13019,6 +12959,10 @@ These options are deprecated. Please use @option{--format=v7} instead. This option is deprecated. Please use @option{--format=posix} instead. @end table +@node Recipes +@appendix Recipes +@include recipes.texi + @node Configuring Help Summary @appendix Configuring Help Summary |