This is tar.info, produced by makeinfo version 6.5 from tar.texi.

This manual is for GNU 'tar' (version 1.32.90, 24 May 2019), which
creates and extracts files from archives.

   Copyright (C) 1992, 1994-1997, 1999-2001, 2003-2017 Free Software
Foundation, Inc.

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     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: Dumpdir525818
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Node: Generate Mode530144
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Node: Exec Mode537186
Node: Free Software Needs Free Documentation540242
Node: GNU Free Documentation License545223
Node: Index of Command Line Options570398
Node: Index598569

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