This is tar.info, produced by makeinfo version 6.8 from tar.texi.

This manual is for GNU ‘tar’ (version 1.35.90, 18 October 2025), which
creates and extracts files from archives.

   Copyright © 1992, 1994–1997, 1999–2001, 2003–2017, 2021–2025 Free
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     (a) The FSF’s Back-Cover Text is: “You have the freedom to copy and
     modify this GNU manual.”
INFO-DIR-SECTION Archiving
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* Tar: (tar).                   Making tape (or disk) archives.
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INFO-DIR-SECTION Individual utilities
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* tar: (tar)tar invocation.                     Invoking GNU ‘tar’.
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Node: Authors20417
Node: Reports22270
Node: Tutorial22631
Node: assumptions23476
Node: stylistic conventions25988
Node: basic tar options26449
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Node: Data Modification Times218088
Node: Setting Access Permissions218946
Node: Directory Modification Times and Permissions219618
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Node: Backup Parameters249440
Node: General-Purpose Variables250646
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Node: Magnetic Tape Control255855
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Node: Reproducibility414169
Node: cpio418436
Node: Media423425
Node: Device425390
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Node: Remote Tape Server431556
Node: Common Problems and Solutions435392
Node: Blocking435788
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Node: Blocking Factor443376
Node: Many455334
Node: Tape Positioning459170
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Node: Write Protection486128
Node: Reliability and security486963
Node: Reliability487355
Node: Permissions problems488141
Node: Data corruption and repair488588
Node: Race conditions489521
Node: Security491290
Node: Privacy491901
Node: Integrity493166
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Node: Security rules of thumb497858
Node: Changes499456
Node: Recipes503173
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Node: intermediate directories504278
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Node: Configuring Help Summary506799
Node: Fixing Snapshot Files513410
Node: Tar Internals516851
Node: Standard517183
Node: Extensions540117
Node: Sparse Formats543557
Node: Old GNU Format544874
Node: PAX 0547325
Node: PAX 1550555
Node: Snapshot Files552320
Node: Dumpdir558039
Node: Genfile561433
Node: Generate Mode562698
Node: Status Mode568188
Node: Set File Time570261
Node: Exec Mode571218
Node: GNU Free Documentation License574713
Node: Index of Command Line Options601272
Node: Index629449

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