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

This manual is for GNU 'tar' (version 1.32, 4 February 2019), which
creates and extracts files from archives.

   Copyright (C) 1992, 1994-1997, 1999-2001, 2003-2017 Free Software
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     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
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* Tar: (tar).                   Making tape (or disk) archives.
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INFO-DIR-SECTION Individual utilities
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* tar: (tar)tar invocation.                     Invoking GNU 'tar'.
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Node: Definitions13481
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Node: Reports20585
Node: Tutorial20942
Node: assumptions21755
Node: stylistic conventions24229
Node: basic tar options24672
Node: frequent operations28311
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Node: Remote Tape Server401902
Node: Common Problems and Solutions405566
Node: Blocking405958
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Node: Many425112
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Node: Write Protection454974
Node: Reliability and security455804
Node: Reliability456192
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Node: Data corruption and repair457409
Node: Race conditions458336
Node: Security460075
Node: Privacy460678
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Node: Security rules of thumb466477
Node: Changes468005
Node: Recipes471594
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Node: Tar Internals485057
Node: Standard485389
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Node: PAX 0514497
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Node: Dumpdir524918
Node: Genfile528148
Node: Generate Mode529244
Node: Status Mode534484
Node: Exec Mode536286
Node: Free Software Needs Free Documentation539342
Node: GNU Free Documentation License544323
Node: Index of Command Line Options569498
Node: Index597797

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