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

This manual is for GNU 'tar' (version 1.30, 20 April 2026), which
creates and extracts files from archives.

   Copyright (C) 1992, 1994-1997, 1999-2001, 2003-2017 Free Software
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     (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You have the freedom to copy and
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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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