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.Dd March 21, 2015
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.Dt TAR 1
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.Os sbase
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm tar
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.Nd create, list or extract a tape archive
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl C Ar dir
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.Op Fl j | Fl z
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.Fl x Op Fl m | Fl t
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.Op Fl f Ar file
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.Nm
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.Op Fl C Ar dir
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.Op Fl h
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.Fl c Ar dir
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.Op Fl f Ar file
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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is the standard file archiver.
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.Sh OPTIONS
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl c Ar path
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Create archive from
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.Ar path .
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.It Fl C Ar dir
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Change directory to
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.Ar dir
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before beginning.
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.It Fl f Ar file
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Set
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.Ar file
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as input | output archive instead of stdin | stdout.
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.It Fl m
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Do not preserve modification time.
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.It Fl t
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List all files in the archive.
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.It Fl x
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Extract archive.
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.It Fl h
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Always dereference symbolic links while recursively traversing directories.
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.It Fl j | Fl z
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Use bzip2 | gzip decompression. The
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.Xr bzip2 1 |
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.Xr gzip 1
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utilities must be installed separately.
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Using these flags is discouraged in favour of the flexibility
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and clarity of pipes:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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$ bzcat archive.tar.bz2 | tar -x
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$ zcat archive.tar.gz | tar -x
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.Ed
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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$ tar -c file ... | bzip2 > archive.tar.bz2
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$ tar -c file ... | gzip2 > archive.tar.gz
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.Ed
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr ar 1 ,
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.Xr bzip2 1 ,
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.Xr gzip 1
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Nm
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utility is compliant with the UStar (Uniform Standard Tape ARchive)
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format defined in the
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.St -p1003.1-88
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specification.
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