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+.\" @(#)tar.1 1.11.1 93/19/22 PJV;
+.TH TAR 1 "22 September 1993"
+.SH NAME
+tar \- The GNU version of the tar archiving utility
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B tar
+[
+.B \-
+]
+.B A --catenate --concatenate \||\| c --create \||\| d --diff --compare \||\| r --append \||\| t --list \||\| u --update \||\| x -extract --get
+[
+.B --atime-preserve
+]
+[
+.B -b, --block-size N
+]
+[
+.B -B, --read-full-blocks
+]
+[
+.B -C, --directory DIR
+]
+[
+.B --checkpoint
+]
+[
+.B -f, --file [HOSTNAME:]F
+]
+[
+.B --force-local
+]
+[
+.B -F, --info-script F --new-volume-script F
+]
+[
+.B -G, --incremental
+]
+[
+.B -g, --listed-incremental F
+]
+[
+.B -h, --dereference
+]
+[
+.B -i, --ignore-zeros
+]
+[
+.B -j, --bzip2
+]
+[
+.B --ignore-failed-read
+]
+[
+.B -k, --keep-old-files
+]
+[
+.B -K, --starting-file F
+]
+[
+.B -l, --one-file-system
+]
+[
+.B -L, --tape-length N
+]
+[
+.B -m, --modification-time
+]
+[
+.B -M, --multi-volume
+]
+[
+.B -N, --after-date DATE, --newer DATE
+]
+[
+.B -o, --old-archive, --portability
+]
+[
+.B -O, --to-stdout
+]
+[
+.B -p, --same-permissions, --preserve-permissions
+]
+[
+.B -P, --absolute-names
+]
+[
+.B --preserve
+]
+[
+.B -R, --record-number
+]
+[
+.B --remove-files
+]
+[
+.B -s, --same-order, --preserve-order
+]
+[
+.B --same-owner
+]
+[
+.B --numeric-owner
+]
+[
+.B -S, --sparse
+]
+[
+.B -T, --files-from F
+]
+[
+.B --null
+]
+[
+.B --totals
+]
+[
+.B -v, --verbose
+]
+[
+.B -V, --label NAME
+]
+[
+.B --version
+]
+[
+.B -w, --interactive, --confirmation
+]
+[
+.B -W, --verify
+]
+[
+.B --exclude FILE
+]
+[
+.B -X, --exclude-from FILE
+]
+[
+.B -Z, --compress, --uncompress
+]
+[
+.B -z, --gzip, --ungzip
+]
+[
+.B --use-compress-program PROG
+]
+[
+.B --block-compress
+]
+[
+.B -[0-7][lmh]
+]
+.TP
+.I filename1 [ filename2, ... filenameN ]
+.TP
+.I directory1 [ directory2, ...directoryN ]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.LP
+This manual page documents the GNU version of
+.B tar
+, an archiving program designed to store and extract files from
+an archive file known as a
+.IR tarfile.
+A
+.IR tarfile
+may be made on a tape drive, however, it is also common
+to write a
+.IR tarfile
+to a normal file.
+The first argument to
+.B tar
+must be one of the options:
+.BR Acdrtux ,
+followed by any optional functions.
+The final arguments to
+.B tar
+are the names of the files or directories which should be archived. The use
+of a directory name always implies that the subdirectories below should be
+included in the archive.
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.TP
+.B tar -xvvf foo.tar
+extract foo.tar
+.TP
+.B tar -xvvzf foo.tar.gz
+extract gzipped foo.tar.gz
+.TP
+.B tar -cvvf foo.tar foo/
+tar contents of folder foo in foo.tar
+.SH "FUNCTION LETTERS"
+.TP
+.B One of the following options must be used:
+.TP
+.B -A, --catenate, --concatenate
+append tar files to an archive
+.TP
+.B -c, --create
+create a new archive
+.TP
+.B -d, --diff, --compare
+find differences between archive and file system
+.TP
+.B --delete
+delete from the archive (not for use on mag tapes!)
+.TP
+.B -r, --append
+append files to the end of an archive
+.TP
+.B -t, --list
+list the contents of an archive
+.TP
+.B -u, --update
+only append files that are newer than copy in archive
+.TP
+.B -x, --extract, --get
+extract files from an archive
+.SH "OTHER OPTIONS"
+.TP
+.B --atime-preserve
+don't change access times on dumped files
+.TP
+.B -b, --block-size N
+block size of Nx512 bytes (default N=20)
+.TP
+.B -B, --read-full-blocks
+reblock as we read (for reading 4.2BSD pipes)
+.TP
+.B -C, --directory DIR
+change to directory DIR
+.TP
+.B --checkpoint
+print directory names while reading the archive
+.TP
+.B -f, --file [HOSTNAME:]F
+use archive file or device F (default "-", meaning stdin/stdout)
+.TP
+.B --force-local
+archive file is local even if has a colon
+.TP
+.B -F, --info-script F --new-volume-script F
+run script at end of each tape (implies -M)
+.TP
+.B -G, --incremental
+create/list/extract old GNU-format incremental backup
+.TP
+.B -g, --listed-incremental F
+create/list/extract new GNU-format incremental backup
+.TP
+.B -h, --dereference
+don't dump symlinks; dump the files they point to
+.TP
+.B -i, --ignore-zeros
+ignore blocks of zeros in archive (normally mean EOF)
+.TP
+.B -j, --bzip2
+filter archive through bzip2, use to decompress .bz2 files
+.TP
+.B --ignore-failed-read
+don't exit with non-zero status on unreadable files
+.TP
+.B -k, --keep-old-files
+keep existing files; don't overwrite them from archive
+.TP
+.B -K, --starting-file F
+begin at file F in the archive
+.TP
+.B -l, --one-file-system
+stay in local file system when creating an archive
+.TP
+.B -L, --tape-length N
+change tapes after writing N*1024 bytes
+.TP
+.B -m, --modification-time
+don't extract file modified time
+.TP
+.B -M, --multi-volume
+create/list/extract multi-volume archive
+.TP
+.B -N, --after-date DATE, --newer DATE
+only store files newer than DATE
+.TP
+.B -o, --old-archive, --portability
+write a V7 format archive, rather than ANSI format
+.TP
+.B -O, --to-stdout
+extract files to standard output
+.TP
+.B -p, --same-permissions, --preserve-permissions
+extract all protection information
+.TP
+.B -P, --absolute-paths
+don't strip leading `/'s from file names
+.TP
+.B --preserve
+like -p -s
+.TP
+.B -R, --record-number
+show record number within archive with each message
+.TP
+.B --remove-files
+remove files after adding them to the archive
+.TP
+.B -s, --same-order, --preserve-order
+list of names to extract is sorted to match archive
+.TP
+.B --same-owner
+create extracted files with the same ownership
+.TP
+.B --numeric-owner
+always use numbers for user/group names
+.TP
+.B -S, --sparse
+handle sparse files efficiently
+.TP
+.B -T, --files-from F
+get names to extract or create from file F
+.TP
+.B --null
+-T reads null-terminated names, disable -C
+.TP
+.B --totals
+print total bytes written with --create
+.TP
+.B -v, --verbose
+verbosely list files processed
+.TP
+.B -V, --label NAME
+create archive with volume name NAME
+.TP
+.B --version
+print tar program version number
+.TP
+.B -w, --interactive, --confirmation
+ask for confirmation for every action
+.TP
+.B -W, --verify
+attempt to verify the archive after writing it
+.TP
+.B --exclude FILE
+exclude file FILE
+.TP
+.B -X, --exclude-from FILE
+exclude files listed in FILE
+.TP
+.B -Z, --compress, --uncompress
+filter the archive through compress
+.TP
+.B -z, --gzip, --ungzip
+filter the archive through gzip
+.TP
+.B --use-compress-program PROG
+filter the archive through PROG (which must accept -d)
+.TP
+.B --block-compress
+block the output of compression program for tapes
+.TP
+.B -[0-7][lmh]
+specify drive and density
+.SH BUGS
+.LP
+The GNU folks, in general, abhor man pages, and create info documents instead.
+The maintainer of tar falls into this category. This man page is neither
+complete, nor current, and was included in the Debian Linux packaging of tar
+entirely to reduce the frequency with which the lack of a man page gets
+reported as a bug in our defect tracking system.
+
+If you really want to understand tar, then you should run info and read the
+tar info pages, or use the info mode in emacs.
+