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@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ operations (@samp{create}, @samp{list}, and @samp{extract}) as well as
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two frequently used options (@samp{file} and @samp{verbose}). The other
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chapters do not refer to the tutorial frequently; however, if a section
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discusses something which is a complex variant of a basic concept, there
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-may be a cross reference to that basic concept. (The entire book,
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+may be a cross-reference to that basic concept. (The entire book,
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including the tutorial, assumes that the reader understands some basic
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concepts of using a Unix-type operating system; @pxref{Tutorial}.)
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@@ -3210,7 +3210,7 @@ successfully. This option is intended for use in shell scripts.
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Here is an example of what you can see using this option:
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@smallexample
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-$ tar --show-defaults
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+$ @kbd{tar --show-defaults}
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--format=gnu -f- -b20 --quoting-style=escape
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--rmt-command=/usr/libexec/rmt --rsh-command=/usr/bin/rsh
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@end smallexample
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@@ -3342,12 +3342,12 @@ To see transformed member names in verbose listings, use
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@opsummary{uncompress}
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@item --uncompress
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-(See @option{--compress}. @pxref{gzip})
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+(See @option{--compress}, @pxref{gzip})
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@opsummary{ungzip}
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@item --ungzip
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-(See @option{--gzip}. @pxref{gzip})
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+(See @option{--gzip}, @pxref{gzip})
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@opsummary{unlink-first}
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@item --unlink-first
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@@ -4551,7 +4551,7 @@ $ @kbd{tar --extract -vv --occurrence --file=collection.tar blues}
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@end smallexample
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@xref{Writing}, for more information on @option{--extract} and
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-@xref{Option Summary, --occurrence}, for the description of
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+see @ref{Option Summary, --occurrence}, for a description of
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@option{--occurrence} option.
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@node update
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@@ -4599,7 +4599,7 @@ To see the @option{--update} option at work, create a new file,
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@file{classical}, in your practice directory, and some extra text to the
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file @file{blues}, using any text editor. Then invoke @command{tar} with
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the @samp{update} operation and the @option{--verbose} (@option{-v})
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-option specified, using the names of all the files in the practice
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+option specified, using the names of all the files in the @file{practice}
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directory as file name arguments:
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@smallexample
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@@ -4646,8 +4646,8 @@ To use @option{--concatenate}, give the first archive with
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@option{--file} option and name the rest of archives to be
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concatenated on the command line. The members, and their member
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names, will be copied verbatim from those archives to the first
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-one@footnote{This can cause multiple members to have the same name, for
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-information on how this affects reading the archive, @ref{multiple}.}.
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+one@footnote{This can cause multiple members to have the same name. For
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+information on how this affects reading the archive, see @ref{multiple}.}.
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The new, concatenated archive will be called by the same name as the
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one given with the @option{--file} option. As usual, if you omit
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@option{--file}, @command{tar} will use the value of the environment
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@@ -4811,7 +4811,7 @@ tar: funk not found in archive
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The spirit behind the @option{--compare} (@option{--diff},
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@option{-d}) option is to check whether the archive represents the
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current state of files on disk, more than validating the integrity of
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-the archive media. For this latter goal, @xref{verify}.
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+the archive media. For this latter goal, see @ref{verify}.
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@node create options
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@section Options Used by @option{--create}
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@@ -4869,7 +4869,7 @@ either a textual date representation in almost arbitrary format
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with @samp{/} or @samp{.}. In the latter case, the modification time
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of that file will be used.
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-The following example will set the modification date to 00:00:00 UTC,
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+The following example will set the modification date to 00:00:00,
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January 1, 1970:
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@smallexample
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@@ -5536,9 +5536,9 @@ space, you can use @option{--starting-file=@var{name}} (@option{-K
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archive. This assumes, of course, that there is now free space, or
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that you are now extracting into a different file system. (You could
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also choose to suspend @command{tar}, remove unnecessary files from
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-the file system, and then restart the same @command{tar} operation.
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-In this case, @option{--starting-file} is not necessary.
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-@xref{Incremental Dumps}, @xref{interactive}, and @ref{exclude}.)
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+the file system, and then resume the same @command{tar} operation.
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+In this case, @option{--starting-file} is not necessary.) See also
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+@ref{interactive}, and @ref{exclude}.
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@node Same Order
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@unnumberedsubsubsec Same Order
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@@ -5692,16 +5692,20 @@ $ @kbd{tar -C sourcedir -cf - . | tar -C targetdir -xf -}
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The command also works using long option forms:
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@smallexample
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+@group
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$ @kbd{(cd sourcedir; tar --create --file=- . ) \
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| (cd targetdir; tar --extract --file=-)}
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+@end group
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@end smallexample
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@noindent
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or
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@smallexample
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-$ @kbd{tar --directory sourcedir --create --file=- . ) \
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+@group
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+$ @kbd{tar --directory sourcedir --create --file=- . \
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| tar --directory targetdir --extract --file=-}
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+@end group
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@end smallexample
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@noindent
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@@ -8069,8 +8073,8 @@ $ @kbd{tar --transform 's,^,/usr/local/,S', -c -v -f arch.tar \
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--show-transformed /lib}
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drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-07-08 16:20 /usr/local/lib/
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-rwxr-xr-x root/root 1250840 2008-05-25 07:44 /usr/local/lib/libc-2.3.2.so
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-lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-06-24 17:12 /usr/local/lib/libc.so.6 ->
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-libc-2.3.2.so
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+lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-06-24 17:12 /usr/local/lib/libc.so.6 \
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+ -> libc-2.3.2.so
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@end smallexample
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Unlike @option{--strip-components}, @option{--transform} can be used
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@end smallexample
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For a complete list of file name suffixes recognized by @GNUTAR{},
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-@ref{auto-compress}.
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+see @ref{auto-compress}.
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Reading compressed archive is even simpler: you don't need to specify
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any additional options as @GNUTAR{} recognizes its format
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@@ -8709,7 +8713,7 @@ The format recognition algorithm is based on @dfn{signatures}, a
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special byte sequences in the beginning of file, that are specific for
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certain compression formats. If this approach fails, @command{tar}
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falls back to using archive name suffix to determine its format
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-(@xref{auto-compress}, for a list of recognized suffixes).
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+(@pxref{auto-compress}, for a list of recognized suffixes).
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The only case when you have to specify a decompression option while
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reading the archive is when reading from a pipe or from a tape drive
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@@ -9370,7 +9374,7 @@ free from many of @samp{v7}'s drawbacks.
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@cindex ustar archive format
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Archive format defined by @acronym{POSIX}.1-1988 specification is called
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@code{ustar}. Although it is more flexible than the V7 format, it
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-still has many restrictions (@xref{Formats,ustar}, for the detailed
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+still has many restrictions (@pxref{Formats,ustar}, for the detailed
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description of @code{ustar} format). Along with V7 format,
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@code{ustar} format is a good choice for archives intended to be read
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with other implementations of @command{tar}.
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@@ -9800,7 +9804,7 @@ The condensed file will contain both file map and file data, so no
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additional data will be needed to restore it. If the original file
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name was @file{@var{dir}/@var{name}}, then the condensed file will be
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named @file{@var{dir}/@/GNUSparseFile.@var{n}/@/@var{name}}, where
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-@var{n} is a decimal number@footnote{technically speaking, @var{n} is a
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+@var{n} is a decimal number@footnote{Technically speaking, @var{n} is a
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@dfn{process @acronym{ID}} of the @command{tar} process which created the
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archive (@pxref{PAX keywords}).}.
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@option{--multi-volume} (@pxref{Using Multiple Tapes}), then the
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volume label will have @samp{Volume @var{nnn}} appended to the name
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you give, where @var{nnn} is the number of the volume of the archive.
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-If you use the @option{--label=@var{volume-label}}) option when
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+If you use the @option{--label=@var{volume-label}} option when
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reading an archive, it checks to make sure the label on the tape
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-matches the one you give. @xref{label}.
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+matches the one you gave. @xref{label}.
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When @command{tar} writes an archive to tape, it creates a single
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tape file. If multiple archives are written to the same tape, one
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This appendix contains an index of all @GNUTAR{} long command line
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options. The options are listed without the preceding double-dash.
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-For a cross-reference of short command line options, @ref{Short Option Summary}.
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+For a cross-reference of short command line options, see
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+@ref{Short Option Summary}.
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@printindex op
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Sergey Poznyakoff