This is tar.info, produced by makeinfo version 5.9.93 from tar.texi.

This manual is for GNU 'tar' (version 1.28.90, 20 January 2016), which
creates and extracts files from archives.

   Copyright (C) 1992, 1994-1997, 1999-2001, 2003-2013 Free Software
Foundation, Inc.

     Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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     License", with the Front-Cover Texts being "A GNU Manual", and with
     the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below.  A copy of the license is
     included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

     (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: Tutorial20899
Node: assumptions21712
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Node: GNU Free Documentation License531801
Node: Index of Command Line Options557004
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