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tarThis chapter guides you through some basic examples of three tar
operations: --create, --list, and --extract. If
you already know how to use some other version of tar, then you
may not need to read this chapter. This chapter omits most complicated
details about how tar works.
| • assumptions | ||
| • stylistic conventions | ||
| • basic tar options | Basic tar Operations and Options
| |
| • frequent operations | ||
| • Two Frequent Options | ||
| • create | How to Create Archives | |
| • list | How to List Archives | |
| • extract | How to Extract Members from an Archive | |
| • going further |