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# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.  Line
# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.  You must
# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
# customary to leave one space after the ':'.

   |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
tar: tar (archiving utility)
tar:
tar: This is the GNU version of tar, an archiving program designed to store
tar: and extract files from an archive file known as a tarfile.  A tarfile
tar: may be made on a tape drive, however, it is also common to write a
tar: tarfile to a normal file.
tar:
tar: Slackware's package system uses tarfiles compressed with GNU gzip.
tar:
tar:
tar: