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@itemx -P
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Normally when creating an archive, @command{tar} strips an initial
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-@samp{/} from member names. This option disables that behavior.
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-@xref{absolute}.
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+@samp{/} from member names, and when extracting from an archive @command{tar}
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+treats names specially if they have initial @samp{/} or internal
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+@samp{..}. This option disables that behavior. @xref{absolute}.
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@opsummary{after-date}
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scripts for comparing both outputs. @xref{listing member and file names},
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for the information on how to handle this case.}.
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+Symbolic links containing @file{..} or leading @samp{/} can also cause
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+problems when extracting, so @command{tar} normally extracts them last;
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+it may create empty files as placeholders during extraction.
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If you use the @option{--absolute-names} (@option{-P}) option,
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@command{tar} will do none of these transformations.
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@table @option
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@item --absolute-names
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-archiving files. Preserves leading slash when extracting files.
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+archiving and extracting files.
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@end table
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Paul Eggert