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  1. This is Info file tar.info, produced by Makeinfo-1.61 from the input
  2. file tar.texinfo.
  3. START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
  4. * tar: (tar).            Making tape (or disk) archives.
  5. END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
  6.    This file documents GNU `tar', a utility used to store, backup, and
  7. transport files.
  8.    Copyright (C) 1992, 1994, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  9.    Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
  10. manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
  11. preserved on all copies.
  12.    Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of
  13. this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that
  14. the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a
  15. permission notice identical to this one.
  16.    Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this
  17. manual into another language, under the above conditions for modified
  18. versions, except that this permission notice may be stated in a
  19. translation approved by the Foundation.
  20. Indirect:
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  23. tar.info-3: 95900
  24. tar.info-4: 144403
  25. tar.info-5: 193787
  26. tar.info-6: 242731
  27. tar.info-7: 292157
  28. Tag Table:
  29. (Indirect)
  30. Node: Top
  31. Node: Introduction
  32. Node: What tar Does
  33. Node: Authors
  34. 10987
  35. Node: Bug reports
  36. 12688
  37. Node: Support
  38. 13560
  39. Node: Stability
  40. 13869
  41. Node: Rewriting
  42. 15798
  43. Node: Why maintaining
  44. 17570
  45. Node: MSDOS
  46. 19535
  47. Node: Tutorial
  48. 20956
  49. Node: How to Create Archives
  50. 22888
  51. Node: Creating Archives of Files bis
  52. 27283
  53. Node: Using tar in Verbose Mode bis
  54. 31644
  55. Node: How to Archive Directories
  56. 32895
  57. Node: Creating an Archive of a Subdirectory bis
  58. 35211
  59. Node: Compare bis
  60. 38272
  61. Node: Using Compare from the Superior Directory bis
  62. 44909
  63. Node: How to List Archives
  64. 46883
  65. Node: Listing files in an archive bis
  66. 48684
  67. Node: Getting Additional File Information bis
  68. 51742
  69. Node: List A Specific File in an Archive bis
  70. 53811
  71. Node: Listing the Contents of a Stored Directory ter
  72. 56588
  73. Node: How to Extract Members from an Archive
  74. 57724
  75. Node: Extracting Files bis
  76. 59576
  77. Node: Extracting Files from an Archive ter
  78. 63800
  79. Node: Extracting Specific Files ter
  80. 64874
  81. Node: Extracting Directories ter
  82. 66102
  83. Node: How to Add Files to Existing Archives
  84. 68019
  85. Node: Append bis
  86. 70284
  87. Node: Update bis
  88. 75964
  89. Node: Concatenate bis
  90. 80634
  91. Node: How to Delete Members from Archives
  92. 84404
  93. Node: Invoking tar
  94. 88280
  95. Node: Synopsis
  96. 88530
  97. Node: Option Styles
  98. 92277
  99. Node: Mnemonic Options
  100. 92501
  101. Node: Short Options
  102. 93986
  103. Node: Old Options
  104. 95900
  105. Node: Mixing Styles
  106. 99563
  107. Node: Options
  108. 102093
  109. Node: Device Options
  110. 110649
  111. Node: Blocking Options
  112. 111663
  113. Node: Classification Options
  114. 112302
  115. Node: Basic tar Operations
  116. 114597
  117. Node: Creating a New Archive
  118. 128549
  119. Node: Adding to an Existing Archive
  120. 131574
  121. Node: Updating an Archive
  122. 134261
  123. Node: Combining Archives
  124. 135167
  125. Node: Removing Archive Members
  126. 137513
  127. Node: Listing Archive Members
  128. 138898
  129. Node: Extracting Archive Members
  130. 141349
  131. Node: Archive Reading Options
  132. 144403
  133. Node: File Writing Options
  134. 148208
  135. Node: Scarce Disk Space
  136. 151015
  137. Node: Comparing Archives Members with Files
  138. 152076
  139. Node: Matching Format Parameters
  140. 152691
  141. Node: Specifying Names to tar
  142. 153931
  143. Node: Changing the Archive Name
  144. 154240
  145. Node: Characteristics
  146. 158706
  147. Node: Reading Names from a File
  148. 162687
  149. Node: Excluding Some Files
  150. 164587
  151. Node: Operating Only on New Files
  152. 165567
  153. Node: Crossing Filesystem Boundaries
  154. 166498
  155. Node: Selection Options
  156. 167334
  157. Node: Changing Directory
  158. 173309
  159. Node: Absolute File Names
  160. 176471
  161. Node: Being Careful
  162. 178673
  163. Node: Documentation
  164. 178977
  165. Node: Checking Progress
  166. 181550
  167. Node: Interactive Operation
  168. 185442
  169. Node: Write Verification
  170. 186827
  171. Node: Comparing
  172. 187985
  173. Node: Portability
  174. 189388
  175. Node: Portable Names
  176. 190353
  177. Node: Symbolic Links
  178. 191048
  179. Node: Old V7 and POSIX
  180. 192448
  181. Node: Checksumming Problems
  182. 193787
  183. Node: Write Protection
  184. 195273
  185. Node: Format Control
  186. 196061
  187. Node: Attributes Options
  188. 196355
  189. Node: Type Options
  190. 198293
  191. Node: Compression
  192. 201860
  193. Node: Compressed Archives
  194. 202141
  195. Node: Dealing with Compressed Archives
  196. 204578
  197. Node: Sparse Files
  198. 205522
  199. Node: Special Options for Archiving
  200. 207222
  201. Node: Archive Structure
  202. 209685
  203. Node: Modifiers Options
  204. 211229
  205. Node: Media
  206. 214659
  207. Node: Device
  208. 216317
  209. Node: Blocking
  210. 225068
  211. Node: Format Variations
  212. 227913
  213. Node: Blocking Factor
  214. 228884
  215. Node: Many
  216. 237064
  217. Node: Tape Positioning
  218. 240829
  219. Node: mt
  220. 242731
  221. Node: Using Multiple Tapes
  222. 245032
  223. Node: Multi-Volume Archives
  224. 249227
  225. Node: Tape Files
  226. 252004
  227. Node: Archive Label
  228. 252628
  229. Node: Backups and Restoration
  230. 254812
  231. Node: Full Dumps
  232. 256484
  233. Node: Inc Dumps
  234. 261710
  235. Node: incremental and listed-incremental
  236. 263817
  237. Node: Backup Levels
  238. 267363
  239. Node: Backup Parameters
  240. 270127
  241. Node: backup-specs example
  242. 272925
  243. Node: Script Syntax
  244. 273844
  245. Node: Scripted Backups
  246. 274604
  247. Node: Scripted Restoration
  248. 276678
  249. Node: Date input formats
  250. 278194
  251. Node: General date syntax
  252. 279040
  253. Node: Calendar date item
  254. 280512
  255. Node: Time of day item
  256. 282397
  257. Node: Timezone item
  258. 283999
  259. Node: Day of week item
  260. 287284
  261. Node: Relative item in date strings
  262. 288262
  263. Node: Pure numbers in date strings
  264. 290186
  265. Node: Authors of getdate
  266. 291173
  267. Node: Archive Format
  268. 291904
  269. Node: Standard
  270. 292157
  271. Node: Extensions
  272. 308151
  273. Node: cpio
  274. 310684
  275. Node: Index
  276. 315722
  277. End Tag Table
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