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     5 .TH gtar 1 "2011-02-01"

     6 .SH NAME

     7 GNU tar, gtar \- A utility used to store, backup, and transport files

     8 .SH SYNOPSIS

     9 .LP

    10 .B \/usr\/bin\/gtar

    11 .RI "[ " "option " \|.\|.\|. ]

    12 .RI "[ " "file" " \|.\|.\|. ]"

    13 .sp 1n

    14 .B \/usr\/bin\/gtar

    15 .RI "--help"

    16 .sp 1n

    17 .B \/usr\/gnu\/bin\/tar

    18 .RI "[ " "option " \|.\|.\|. ]

    19 .RI "[ " "file" " \|.\|.\|. ]"

    20 .sp 1n

    21 .B \/usr\/gnu\/bin\/tar

    22 .RI "--help"

    23 .sp 1n

    24 .SH DESCRIPTION

    25 gtar (GNU tar) is an archiving program designed to store and extract files from an

    26 archive file known as a tarfile.

    27 For complete documentation, type: 

    28 .IP

    29 .B info tar

    30 .SH NOTE

    31 The standard version of tar is shipped under the name

    32 /usr/bin/tar and additional information about it can be

    33 obtained by typing the command 'man -M /usr/share/man tar'.

    34 .SH LICENSE

    35 GNU General Public License (GPL)

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    37 .SH ATTRIBUTES

    38 See

    39 .BR attributes (5)

    40 for descriptions of the following attributes:

    41 .sp

    42 .TS

    43 box;

    44 cbp-1 | cbp-1

    45 l | l .

    46 ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE

    47 =

    48 Availability	archiver/gnu-tar

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    50 Interface Stability	Volatile

    51 .TE 

    52 .PP

    53 .SH NOTES

    54 Source for gtar is available on http://opensolaris.org.

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