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@@ -379,9 +379,16 @@ Tar Internals
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* Standard:: Basic Tar Format
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* Extensions:: @acronym{GNU} Extensions to the Archive Format
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+* Sparse Formats:: Storing Sparse Files
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* Snapshot Files::
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* Dumpdir::
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+Storing Sparse Files
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+
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+* Old GNU Format::
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+* PAX 0:: PAX Format, Versions 0.0 and 0.1
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+* PAX 1:: PAX Format, Version 1.0
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Copying This Manual
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* GNU Free Documentation License:: License for copying this manual
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@@ -1962,12 +1969,11 @@ can cause you to overwrite a number of important files. We urge you
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to note these differences, and only use the option style(s) which
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makes the most sense to you until you feel comfortable with the others.
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-Some options @emph{may} take an argument (currently, there are
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-two such options: @option{--backup} and @option{--occurrence}). Such
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-options may have at most long and short forms, they do not have old style
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-equivalent. The rules for specifying an argument for such options
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-are stricter than those for specifying mandatory arguments. Please,
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-pay special attention to them.
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+Some options @emph{may} take an argument. Such options may have at
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+most long and short forms, they do not have old style equivalent. The
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+rules for specifying an argument for such options are stricter than
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+those for specifying mandatory arguments. Please, pay special
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+attention to them.
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@menu
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* Long Options:: Long Option Style
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@@ -8308,7 +8314,7 @@ treatment of sparse files may be done automatically with any special
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@acronym{GNU} options. For now, it is an option needing to be specified on
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the command line with the creation or updating of an archive.
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-Files in the file system occasionally have ``holes.'' A hole in a file
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+Files in the file system occasionally have @dfn{holes}. A @dfn{hole} in a file
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is a section of the file's contents which was never written. The
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contents of a hole read as all zeros. On many operating systems,
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actual disk storage is not allocated for holes, but they are counted
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Sergey Poznyakoff