'xrdef {Introduction-title}{Introduction} 'xrdef {Introduction-pg}{1} 'xrdef {Introduction-snt}{Chapter'tie1} 'xrdef {Definitions-title}{Some Definitions} 'xrdef {Definitions-pg}{1} 'xrdef {Definitions-snt}{Section'tie1.1} 'xrdef {What tar Does-title}{What \code {tar} Does} 'xrdef {What tar Does-pg}{2} 'xrdef {What tar Does-snt}{Section'tie1.2} 'xrdef {Naming tar Archives-title}{How \code {tar} Archives are Named} 'xrdef {Naming tar Archives-pg}{3} 'xrdef {Naming tar Archives-snt}{Section'tie1.3} 'xrdef {posix compliance-title}{POSIX Compliance} 'xrdef {posix compliance-pg}{3} 'xrdef {posix compliance-snt}{Section'tie1.4} 'xrdef {Authors-title}{GNU \code {tar} Authors} 'xrdef {Authors-pg}{4} 'xrdef {Authors-snt}{Section'tie1.5} 'xrdef {Reports-title}{Reporting bugs or suggestions} 'xrdef {Reports-pg}{4} 'xrdef {Reports-snt}{Section'tie1.6} 'xrdef {Tutorial-title}{Tutorial Introduction to \code {tar}} 'xrdef {Tutorial-pg}{5} 'xrdef {Tutorial-snt}{Chapter'tie2} 'xrdef {basic tar options-title}{Basic \code {tar} Operations and Options} 'xrdef {basic tar options-pg}{6} 'xrdef {basic tar options-snt}{Section'tie2.1} 'xrdef {frequent operations-title}{The Three Most Frequently Used Operations} 'xrdef {frequent operations-pg}{7} 'xrdef {frequent operations-snt}{Section'tie2.2} 'xrdef {Two Frequent Options-title}{Two Frequently Used Options} 'xrdef {Two Frequent Options-pg}{7} 'xrdef {Two Frequent Options-snt}{Section'tie2.3} 'xrdef {file tutorial-title}{The \samp {--file} Option} 'xrdef {file tutorial-pg}{7} 'xrdef {file tutorial-snt}{} 'xrdef {verbose tutorial-title}{The \samp {--verbose} Option} 'xrdef {verbose tutorial-pg}{8} 'xrdef {verbose tutorial-snt}{} 'xrdef {help tutorial-title}{Getting Help: Using the \code {--help} Option} 'xrdef {help tutorial-pg}{9} 'xrdef {help tutorial-snt}{} 'xrdef {create-title}{How to Create Archives} 'xrdef {create-pg}{9} 'xrdef {create-snt}{Section'tie2.4} 'xrdef {prepare for examples-title}{Preparing a Practice Directory for Examples} 'xrdef {prepare for examples-pg}{9} 'xrdef {prepare for examples-snt}{Section'tie2.4.1} 'xrdef {Creating the archive-title}{Creating the Archive} 'xrdef {Creating the archive-pg}{10} 'xrdef {Creating the archive-snt}{Section'tie2.4.2} 'xrdef {create verbose-title}{Running \samp {--create} with \samp {--verbose}} 'xrdef {create verbose-pg}{11} 'xrdef {create verbose-snt}{Section'tie2.4.3} 'xrdef {short create-title}{Short Forms with \samp {create}} 'xrdef {short create-pg}{11} 'xrdef {short create-snt}{Section'tie2.4.4} 'xrdef {create dir-title}{Archiving Directories} 'xrdef {create dir-pg}{12} 'xrdef {create dir-snt}{Section'tie2.4.5} 'xrdef {list-title}{How to List Archives} 'xrdef {list-pg}{13} 'xrdef {list-snt}{Section'tie2.5} 'xrdef {list dir-title}{Listing the Contents of a Stored Directory} 'xrdef {list dir-pg}{14} 'xrdef {list dir-snt}{} 'xrdef {extract-title}{How to Extract Members from an Archive} 'xrdef {extract-pg}{15} 'xrdef {extract-snt}{Section'tie2.6} 'xrdef {extracting archives-title}{Extracting an Entire Archive} 'xrdef {extracting archives-pg}{15} 'xrdef {extracting archives-snt}{Section'tie2.6.1} 'xrdef {extracting files-title}{Extracting Specific Files} 'xrdef {extracting files-pg}{16} 'xrdef {extracting files-snt}{Section'tie2.6.2} 'xrdef {extract dir-title}{Extracting Files that are Directories} 'xrdef {extract dir-pg}{16} 'xrdef {extract dir-snt}{Section'tie2.6.3} 'xrdef {failing commands-title}{Commands That Will Fail} 'xrdef {failing commands-pg}{17} 'xrdef {failing commands-snt}{Section'tie2.6.4} 'xrdef {going further-title}{Going Further Ahead in this Manual} 'xrdef {going further-pg}{18} 'xrdef {going further-snt}{Section'tie2.7} 'xrdef {tar invocation-title}{Invoking GNU \code {tar}} 'xrdef {tar invocation-pg}{19} 'xrdef {tar invocation-snt}{Chapter'tie3} 'xrdef {Synopsis-title}{General Synopsis of \code {tar}} 'xrdef {Synopsis-pg}{19} 'xrdef {Synopsis-snt}{Section'tie3.1} 'xrdef {using tar options-title}{Using \code {tar} Options} 'xrdef {using tar options-pg}{21} 'xrdef {using tar options-snt}{Section'tie3.2} 'xrdef {Styles-title}{The Three Option Styles} 'xrdef {Styles-pg}{21} 'xrdef {Styles-snt}{Section'tie3.3} 'xrdef {Mnemonic Options-title}{Mnemonic Option Style} 'xrdef {Mnemonic Options-pg}{22} 'xrdef {Mnemonic Options-snt}{Section'tie3.3.1} 'xrdef {Short Options-title}{Short Option Style} 'xrdef {Short Options-pg}{22} 'xrdef {Short Options-snt}{Section'tie3.3.2} 'xrdef {Old Options-title}{Old Option Style} 'xrdef {Old Options-pg}{23} 'xrdef {Old Options-snt}{Section'tie3.3.3} 'xrdef {Mixing-title}{Mixing Option Styles} 'xrdef {Mixing-pg}{24} 'xrdef {Mixing-snt}{Section'tie3.3.4} 'xrdef {All Options-title}{All \code {tar} Options} 'xrdef {All Options-pg}{26} 'xrdef {All Options-snt}{Section'tie3.4} 'xrdef {Operation Summary-title}{Operations} 'xrdef {Operation Summary-pg}{26} 'xrdef {Operation Summary-snt}{Section'tie3.4.1} 'xrdef {Option Summary-title}{\code {tar} Options} 'xrdef {Option Summary-pg}{27} 'xrdef {Option Summary-snt}{Section'tie3.4.2} 'xrdef {Short Option Summary-title}{Short Options Cross Reference} 'xrdef {Short Option Summary-pg}{34} 'xrdef {Short Option Summary-snt}{Section'tie3.4.3} 'xrdef {help-title}{GNU \code {tar} documentation} 'xrdef {help-pg}{37} 'xrdef {help-snt}{Section'tie3.5} 'xrdef {verbose-title}{Checking \code {tar} progress} 'xrdef {verbose-pg}{38} 'xrdef {verbose-snt}{Section'tie3.6} 'xrdef {interactive-title}{Asking for Confirmation During Operations} 'xrdef {interactive-pg}{39} 'xrdef {interactive-snt}{Section'tie3.7} 'xrdef {operations-title}{GNU \code {tar} Operations} 'xrdef {operations-pg}{41} 'xrdef {operations-snt}{Chapter'tie4} 'xrdef {Basic tar-title}{Basic GNU \code {tar} Operations} 'xrdef {Basic tar-pg}{41} 'xrdef {Basic tar-snt}{Section'tie4.1} 'xrdef {Advanced tar-title}{Advanced GNU \code {tar} Operations} 'xrdef {Advanced tar-pg}{42} 'xrdef {Advanced tar-snt}{Section'tie4.2} 'xrdef {Operations-title}{The Five Advanced \code {tar} Operations} 'xrdef {Operations-pg}{42} 'xrdef {Operations-snt}{Section'tie4.2.1} 'xrdef {append-title}{How to Add Files to Existing Archives: \code {--append}} 'xrdef {append-pg}{43} 'xrdef {append-snt}{Section'tie4.2.2} 'xrdef {appending files-title}{Appending Files to an Archive} 'xrdef {appending files-pg}{44} 'xrdef {appending files-snt}{Section'tie4.2.2.1} 'xrdef {multiple-title}{Multiple Files with the Same Name} 'xrdef {multiple-pg}{45} 'xrdef {multiple-snt}{Section'tie4.2.2.2} 'xrdef {update-title}{Updating an Archive} 'xrdef {update-pg}{46} 'xrdef {update-snt}{Section'tie4.2.3} 'xrdef {how to update-title}{How to Update an Archive Using \code {--update}} 'xrdef {how to update-pg}{46} 'xrdef {how to update-snt}{Section'tie4.2.3.1} 'xrdef {concatenate-title}{Combining Archives with \code {--concatenate}} 'xrdef {concatenate-pg}{47} 'xrdef {concatenate-snt}{Section'tie4.2.4} 'xrdef {delete-title}{Removing Archive Members Using \samp {--delete}} 'xrdef {delete-pg}{48} 'xrdef {delete-snt}{Section'tie4.2.5} 'xrdef {compare-title}{Comparing Archive Members with the File System} 'xrdef {compare-pg}{49} 'xrdef {compare-snt}{Section'tie4.2.6} 'xrdef {extract options-title}{Options Used by \code {--extract}} 'xrdef {extract options-pg}{50} 'xrdef {extract options-snt}{Section'tie4.3} 'xrdef {Reading-title}{Options to Help Read Archives} 'xrdef {Reading-pg}{50} 'xrdef {Reading-snt}{Section'tie4.3.1} 'xrdef {read full records-title}{Reading Full Records} 'xrdef {read full records-pg}{51} 'xrdef {read full records-snt}{} 'xrdef {Ignore Zeros-title}{Ignoring Blocks of Zeros} 'xrdef {Ignore Zeros-pg}{51} 'xrdef {Ignore Zeros-snt}{} 'xrdef {Ignore Failed Read-title}{Ignore Fail Read} 'xrdef {Ignore Failed Read-pg}{51} 'xrdef {Ignore Failed Read-snt}{} 'xrdef {Writing-title}{Changing How \code {tar} Writes Files} 'xrdef {Writing-pg}{51} 'xrdef {Writing-snt}{Section'tie4.3.2} 'xrdef {Prevention Overwriting-title}{Options to Prevent Overwriting Files} 'xrdef {Prevention Overwriting-pg}{51} 'xrdef {Prevention Overwriting-snt}{} 'xrdef {Keep Old Files-title}{Keep Old Files} 'xrdef {Keep Old Files-pg}{52} 'xrdef {Keep Old Files-snt}{} 'xrdef {Unlink First-title}{Unlink First} 'xrdef {Unlink First-pg}{52} 'xrdef {Unlink First-snt}{} 'xrdef {Recursive Unlink-title}{Recursive Unlink} 'xrdef {Recursive Unlink-pg}{53} 'xrdef {Recursive Unlink-snt}{} 'xrdef {Modification Times-title}{Setting Modification Times} 'xrdef {Modification Times-pg}{53} 'xrdef {Modification Times-snt}{} 'xrdef {Setting Access Permissions-title}{Setting Access Permissions} 'xrdef {Setting Access Permissions-pg}{53} 'xrdef {Setting Access Permissions-snt}{} 'xrdef {Writing to Standard Output-title}{Writing to Standard Output} 'xrdef {Writing to Standard Output-pg}{54} 'xrdef {Writing to Standard Output-snt}{} 'xrdef {remove files-title}{Removing Files} 'xrdef {remove files-pg}{54} 'xrdef {remove files-snt}{} 'xrdef {Scarce-title}{Coping with Scarce Resources} 'xrdef {Scarce-pg}{54} 'xrdef {Scarce-snt}{Section'tie4.3.3} 'xrdef {Starting File-title}{Starting File} 'xrdef {Starting File-pg}{54} 'xrdef {Starting File-snt}{} 'xrdef {Same Order-title}{Same Order} 'xrdef {Same Order-pg}{54} 'xrdef {Same Order-snt}{} 'xrdef {backup-title}{Backup options} 'xrdef {backup-pg}{55} 'xrdef {backup-snt}{Section'tie4.4} 'xrdef {Applications-title}{Notable \code {tar} Usages} 'xrdef {Applications-pg}{56} 'xrdef {Applications-snt}{Section'tie4.5} 'xrdef {looking ahead-title}{Looking Ahead: The Rest of this Manual} 'xrdef {looking ahead-pg}{57} 'xrdef {looking ahead-snt}{Section'tie4.6} 'xrdef {Backups-title}{Performing Backups and Restoring Files} 'xrdef {Backups-pg}{59} 'xrdef {Backups-snt}{Chapter'tie5} 'xrdef {Full Dumps-title}{Using \code {tar} to Perform Full Dumps} 'xrdef {Full Dumps-pg}{60} 'xrdef {Full Dumps-snt}{Section'tie5.1} 'xrdef {Inc Dumps-title}{Using \code {tar} to Perform Incremental Dumps} 'xrdef {Inc Dumps-pg}{62} 'xrdef {Inc Dumps-snt}{Section'tie5.2} 'xrdef {incremental and listed-incremental-title}{The Incremental Options} 'xrdef {incremental and listed-incremental-pg}{63} 'xrdef {incremental and listed-incremental-snt}{Section'tie5.3} 'xrdef {Backup Levels-title}{Levels of Backups} 'xrdef {Backup Levels-pg}{64} 'xrdef {Backup Levels-snt}{Section'tie5.4} 'xrdef {Backup Parameters-title}{Setting Parameters for Backups and Restoration} 'xrdef {Backup Parameters-pg}{65} 'xrdef {Backup Parameters-snt}{Section'tie5.5} 'xrdef {backup-specs example-title}{An Example Text of \file {Backup-specs}} 'xrdef {backup-specs example-pg}{66} 'xrdef {backup-specs example-snt}{Section'tie5.5.1} 'xrdef {Script Syntax-title}{Syntax for \file {Backup-specs}} 'xrdef {Script Syntax-pg}{67} 'xrdef {Script Syntax-snt}{Section'tie5.5.2} 'xrdef {Scripted Backups-title}{Using the Backup Scripts} 'xrdef {Scripted Backups-pg}{67} 'xrdef {Scripted Backups-snt}{Section'tie5.6} 'xrdef {Scripted Restoration-title}{Using the Restore Script} 'xrdef {Scripted Restoration-pg}{68} 'xrdef {Scripted Restoration-snt}{Section'tie5.7} 'xrdef {Choosing-title}{Choosing Files and Names for \code {tar}} 'xrdef {Choosing-pg}{69} 'xrdef {Choosing-snt}{Chapter'tie6} 'xrdef {file-title}{Choosing and Naming Archive Files} 'xrdef {file-pg}{69} 'xrdef {file-snt}{Section'tie6.1} 'xrdef {Selecting Archive Members-title}{Selecting Archive Members} 'xrdef {Selecting Archive Members-pg}{70} 'xrdef {Selecting Archive Members-snt}{Section'tie6.2} 'xrdef {files-title}{Reading Names from a File} 'xrdef {files-pg}{71} 'xrdef {files-snt}{Section'tie6.3} 'xrdef {exclude-title}{Excluding Some Files} 'xrdef {exclude-pg}{72} 'xrdef {exclude-snt}{Section'tie6.4} 'xrdef {problems with exclude-title}{Problems with Using the \code {exclude} Options} 'xrdef {problems with exclude-pg}{72} 'xrdef {problems with exclude-snt}{} 'xrdef {Wildcards-title}{Wildcards Patterns and Matching} 'xrdef {Wildcards-pg}{73} 'xrdef {Wildcards-snt}{Section'tie6.5} 'xrdef {after-title}{Operating Only on New Files} 'xrdef {after-pg}{74} 'xrdef {after-snt}{Section'tie6.6} 'xrdef {recurse-title}{Descending into Directories} 'xrdef {recurse-pg}{75} 'xrdef {recurse-snt}{Section'tie6.7} 'xrdef {one-title}{Crossing Filesystem Boundaries} 'xrdef {one-pg}{76} 'xrdef {one-snt}{Section'tie6.8} 'xrdef {directory-title}{Changing the Working Directory} 'xrdef {directory-pg}{77} 'xrdef {directory-snt}{Section'tie6.8.1} 'xrdef {absolute-title}{Absolute File Names} 'xrdef {absolute-pg}{78} 'xrdef {absolute-snt}{Section'tie6.8.2} 'xrdef {Date input formats-title}{Date input formats} 'xrdef {Date input formats-pg}{81} 'xrdef {Date input formats-snt}{Chapter'tie7} 'xrdef {General date syntax-title}{General date syntax} 'xrdef {General date syntax-pg}{81} 'xrdef {General date syntax-snt}{Section'tie7.1} 'xrdef {Calendar date item-title}{Calendar date item} 'xrdef {Calendar date item-pg}{82} 'xrdef {Calendar date item-snt}{Section'tie7.2} 'xrdef {Time of day item-title}{Time of day item} 'xrdef {Time of day item-pg}{83} 'xrdef {Time of day item-snt}{Section'tie7.3} 'xrdef {Timezone item-title}{Timezone item} 'xrdef {Timezone item-pg}{84} 'xrdef {Timezone item-snt}{Section'tie7.4} 'xrdef {Day of week item-title}{Day of week item} 'xrdef {Day of week item-pg}{85} 'xrdef {Day of week item-snt}{Section'tie7.5} 'xrdef {Relative item in date strings-title}{Relative item in date strings} 'xrdef {Relative item in date strings-pg}{86} 'xrdef {Relative item in date strings-snt}{Section'tie7.6} 'xrdef {Pure numbers in date strings-title}{Pure numbers in date strings} 'xrdef {Pure numbers in date strings-pg}{86} 'xrdef {Pure numbers in date strings-snt}{Section'tie7.7} 'xrdef {Authors of getdate-title}{Authors of \code {getdate}} 'xrdef {Authors of getdate-pg}{87} 'xrdef {Authors of getdate-snt}{Section'tie7.8} 'xrdef {Formats-title}{Controlling the Archive Format} 'xrdef {Formats-pg}{89} 'xrdef {Formats-snt}{Chapter'tie8} 'xrdef {Portability-title}{Making \code {tar} Archives More Portable} 'xrdef {Portability-pg}{89} 'xrdef {Portability-snt}{Section'tie8.1} 'xrdef {Portable Names-title}{Portable Names} 'xrdef {Portable Names-pg}{89} 'xrdef {Portable Names-snt}{Section'tie8.1.1} 'xrdef {dereference-title}{Symbolic Links} 'xrdef {dereference-pg}{89} 'xrdef {dereference-snt}{Section'tie8.1.2} 'xrdef {old-title}{Old V7 Archives} 'xrdef {old-pg}{90} 'xrdef {old-snt}{Section'tie8.1.3} 'xrdef {posix-title}{GNU \code {tar} and POSIX \code {tar}} 'xrdef {posix-pg}{90} 'xrdef {posix-snt}{Section'tie8.1.4} 'xrdef {Checksumming-title}{Checksumming Problems} 'xrdef {Checksumming-pg}{93} 'xrdef {Checksumming-snt}{Section'tie8.1.5} 'xrdef {Compression-title}{Using Less Space through Compression} 'xrdef {Compression-pg}{94} 'xrdef {Compression-snt}{Section'tie8.2} 'xrdef {gzip-title}{Creating and Reading Compressed Archives} 'xrdef {gzip-pg}{94} 'xrdef {gzip-snt}{Section'tie8.2.1} 'xrdef {sparse-title}{Archiving Sparse Files} 'xrdef {sparse-pg}{97} 'xrdef {sparse-snt}{Section'tie8.2.2} 'xrdef {Attributes-title}{Handling File Attributes} 'xrdef {Attributes-pg}{99} 'xrdef {Attributes-snt}{Section'tie8.3} 'xrdef {Standard-title}{The Standard Format} 'xrdef {Standard-pg}{101} 'xrdef {Standard-snt}{Section'tie8.4} 'xrdef {Extensions-title}{GNU Extensions to the Archive Format} 'xrdef {Extensions-pg}{110} 'xrdef {Extensions-snt}{Section'tie8.5} 'xrdef {cpio-title}{Comparison of \code {tar} and \code {cpio}} 'xrdef {cpio-pg}{111} 'xrdef {cpio-snt}{Section'tie8.6} 'xrdef {Media-title}{Tapes and Other Archive Media} 'xrdef {Media-pg}{115} 'xrdef {Media-snt}{Chapter'tie9} 'xrdef {Device-title}{Device Selection and Switching} 'xrdef {Device-pg}{115} 'xrdef {Device-snt}{Section'tie9.1} 'xrdef {Remote Tape Server-title}{The Remote Tape Server} 'xrdef {Remote Tape Server-pg}{117} 'xrdef {Remote Tape Server-snt}{Section'tie9.2} 'xrdef {Common Problems and Solutions-title}{Some Common Problems and their Solutions} 'xrdef {Common Problems and Solutions-pg}{118} 'xrdef {Common Problems and Solutions-snt}{Section'tie9.3} 'xrdef {Blocking-title}{Blocking} 'xrdef {Blocking-pg}{119} 'xrdef {Blocking-snt}{Section'tie9.4} 'xrdef {Format Variations-title}{Format Variations} 'xrdef {Format Variations-pg}{121} 'xrdef {Format Variations-snt}{Section'tie9.4.1} 'xrdef {Blocking Factor-title}{The Blocking Factor of an Archive} 'xrdef {Blocking Factor-pg}{121} 'xrdef {Blocking Factor-snt}{Section'tie9.4.2} 'xrdef {Many-title}{Many Archives on One Tape} 'xrdef {Many-pg}{126} 'xrdef {Many-snt}{Section'tie9.5} 'xrdef {Tape Positioning-title}{Tape Positions and Tape Marks} 'xrdef {Tape Positioning-pg}{127} 'xrdef {Tape Positioning-snt}{Section'tie9.5.1} 'xrdef {mt-title}{The \code {mt} Utility} 'xrdef {mt-pg}{128} 'xrdef {mt-snt}{Section'tie9.5.2} 'xrdef {Using Multiple Tapes-title}{Using Multiple Tapes} 'xrdef {Using Multiple Tapes-pg}{128} 'xrdef {Using Multiple Tapes-snt}{Section'tie9.6} 'xrdef {Multi-Volume Archives-title}{Archives Longer than One Tape or Disk} 'xrdef {Multi-Volume Archives-pg}{130} 'xrdef {Multi-Volume Archives-snt}{Section'tie9.6.1} 'xrdef {Tape Files-title}{Tape Files} 'xrdef {Tape Files-pg}{132} 'xrdef {Tape Files-snt}{Section'tie9.6.2} 'xrdef {label-title}{Including a Label in the Archive} 'xrdef {label-pg}{132} 'xrdef {label-snt}{Section'tie9.7} 'xrdef {verify-title}{Verifying Data as It is Stored} 'xrdef {verify-pg}{134} 'xrdef {verify-snt}{Section'tie9.8} 'xrdef {Write Protection-title}{Write Protection} 'xrdef {Write Protection-pg}{135} 'xrdef {Write Protection-snt}{Section'tie9.9} 'xrdef {Index-title}{Index} 'xrdef {Index-pg}{137} 'xrdef {Index-snt}{}