This is gnutar.info, produced by makeinfo version 7.2 from tar.texi.

This manual is for GNU ‘tar’ (version 1.35, 16 September 2025), which
creates and extracts files from archives.

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     (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You have the freedom to copy and
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INFO-DIR-SECTION Archiving
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* Tar: (gnutar).                   Making tape (or disk) archives.
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INFO-DIR-SECTION Individual utilities
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* tar: (gnutar)tar invocation.                     Invoking GNU ‘tar’.
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Node: Introduction11756
Node: Book Contents12563
Node: Definitions14775
Node: What tar Does16650
Node: Naming tar Archives19493
Node: Authors20246
Node: Reports22096
Node: Tutorial22457
Node: assumptions23302
Node: stylistic conventions25806
Node: basic tar options26265
Node: frequent operations29980
Node: Two Frequent Options30658
Node: file tutorial31309
Node: verbose tutorial32735
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Node: help tutorial38369
Node: create38744
Node: prepare for examples40230
Node: Creating the archive42079
Node: create verbose45782
Node: short create46641
Node: create dir49472
Node: list52284
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Node: list dir56574
Node: extract57618
Node: extracting archives58780
Node: extracting files59285
Ref: extracting files-Footnote-161247
Node: extract dir61631
Node: extracting untrusted archives64079
Node: failing commands64979
Node: going further66588
Node: tar invocation66801
Node: Synopsis68625
Ref: exit status72163
Node: using tar options73872
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Node: Styles76559
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Node: Operation Summary88724
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Ref: --sparse123180
Ref: --sparse-version123328
Ref: --starting-file123566
Ref: --strip-components123768
Ref: --suffix124121
Ref: --tape-length124253
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Node: warnings157778
Node: General Warnings159336
Node: Archive Creation Warnings160125
Node: Archive Extraction Warnings161378
Node: Incremental Extraction Warnings163121
Node: Warning Classes163783
Node: Warning Defaults164428
Node: interactive164694
Node: external166853
Node: operations168469
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Node: Operations172975
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Node: appending files178394
Node: multiple180199
Node: update182997
Node: how to update184014
Node: concatenate185879
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Node: delete189389
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Node: create options192733
Node: override193236
Node: Extended File Attributes200461
Node: Ignore Failed Read205859
Node: extract options206515
Node: Reading207372
Node: read full records208928
Node: Ignore Zeros209283
Node: Writing210568
Node: Dealing with Old Files211129
Node: Overwrite Old Files214031
Node: Keep Old Files215516
Node: Keep Newer Files216355
Node: Unlink First216657
Node: Recursive Unlink217077
Node: Data Modification Times217642
Node: Setting Access Permissions218500
Node: Directory Modification Times and Permissions219172
Node: Writing to Standard Output222853
Node: Writing to an External Program224444
Node: remove files228162
Node: Scarce228359
Node: Starting File228607
Node: Same Order229456
Node: backup230356
Node: looking ahead233532
Node: Backups234368
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Node: Backup Levels246560
Node: Backup Parameters248987
Node: General-Purpose Variables250193
Ref: RSH253461
Node: Magnetic Tape Control255397
Node: User Hooks256748
Node: backup-specs example258097
Node: Scripted Backups259244
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Node: Scripted Restoration262597
Node: Choosing265291
Node: file266421
Ref: remote-dev269161
Ref: local and remote archives269558
Node: Selecting Archive Members270641
Ref: input name quoting271342
Node: files273401
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Node: Specifying time zone rules347843
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Node: Compression357367
Node: gzip357659
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Node: sparse368399
Node: Attributes373127
Node: Portability378957
Node: Portable Names380471
Node: dereference381096
Node: hard links382287
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Node: old385288
Node: ustar386531
Node: gnu387166
Node: posix388087
Node: PAX keywords388592
Node: Checksumming396219
Node: Large or Negative Values398219
Node: Other Tars399844
Node: Split Recovery401000
Node: Sparse Recovery404710
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Ref: Sparse Recovery-Footnote-2411797
Node: cpio411926
Node: Media416879
Node: Device418842
Ref: size-suffixes423841
Node: Remote Tape Server425001
Node: Common Problems and Solutions428837
Node: Blocking429233
Ref: Blocking-Footnote-1435949
Node: Format Variations436057
Node: Blocking Factor436980
Node: Many448931
Node: Tape Positioning452765
Node: mt454661
Node: Using Multiple Tapes456290
Node: Multi-Volume Archives458408
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Ref: change volume prompt460524
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Node: Tape Files467999
Node: Tarcat469524
Node: label470593
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Ref: label-Footnote-2475889
Ref: label-Footnote-3476026
Node: verify476269
Node: Write Protection479705
Node: Reliability and security480539
Node: Reliability480931
Node: Permissions problems481717
Node: Data corruption and repair482164
Node: Race conditions483095
Node: Security484862
Node: Privacy485473
Node: Integrity486734
Node: Live untrusted data489005
Node: Security rules of thumb491424
Node: Changes493022
Node: Recipes496739
Node: copy directory hierarchy497028
Node: intermediate directories497844
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Node: Configuring Help Summary500361
Node: Fixing Snapshot Files506970
Node: Tar Internals510407
Node: Standard510739
Node: Extensions533471
Node: Sparse Formats536909
Node: Old GNU Format538226
Node: PAX 0540677
Node: PAX 1543903
Node: Snapshot Files545668
Node: Dumpdir551378
Node: Genfile554764
Node: Generate Mode556029
Node: Status Mode561517
Node: Set File Time563586
Node: Exec Mode564543
Node: GNU Free Documentation License568038
Node: Index of Command Line Options593208
Node: Index622540

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