(tar.info)Tutorial

Tutorial Introduction to `tar'
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   This chapter guides you through some basic examples of three `tar'
operations: `--create', `--list', and `--extract'.  If you already know
how to use some other version of `tar', then you may not need to read
this chapter.  This chapter omits most complicated details about how
`tar' works.



* assumptions
* stylistic conventions
* basic tar options
Basic `tar' Operations and Options
* frequent operations
* Two Frequent Options
* create
How to Create Archives
* list
How to List Archives
* extract
How to Extract Members from an Archive
* going further