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.TH TAR 1
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.SH NAME
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tar \- tape archiver
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBtar\fR [\fBFcotvxp\fR]\fR [\fBf\fR] \fItarfile \fIfile ...\fR
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.br
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.de FL
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.TP
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\\fB\\$1\\fR
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\\$2
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..
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.de EX
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.TP 20
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\\fB\\$1\\fR
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# \\$2
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..
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.SH OPTIONS
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.FL "F" "Force tar to continue after an error"
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.FL "c" "Create a new archive; add named files"
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.FL "o" "Set uid/gid to original values on extraction"
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.FL "f" "Next argument is name of tarfile"
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.FL "t" "Print a table listing the archive's contents"
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.FL "v" "Verbose mode-tell what is going on as it happens"
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.FL "x" "The named files are extracted from the archive"
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.FL "p" "Restore file modes, ignore creation mask"
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.FL "D" "Directory only, do not recurse"
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.EX "tar c /dev/fd1 ." "Back up current directory to \fI/dev/fd1\fR"
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.EX "tar xv /dev/fd1 file1 file2" "Extract two files from the archive"
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.EX "tar cf \- . | (cd dest; tar xf \-)" "Copy current directory to \fIdest\fR"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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\fITar\fR is a POSIX-compatible archiver, except that it does not use tape.
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It's primary advantage over
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.I ar
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is that the
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.I tar
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format is somewhat more standardized than the
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.I ar
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format, making it theoretically possible to transport
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2005-08-22 14:56:02 +02:00
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\s-1MINIX 3\s-1
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files to another computer, but do not bet on it.
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If the target machine runs
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\&MS-DOS ,
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try
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.I doswrite .
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR compress (1),
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.BR vol (1).
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2005-06-17 15:00:04 +02:00
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.\" minor correction ASW 2005-01-15
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