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User Commands                                             gtar(1)



NAME
     GNU tar, gtar - A utility used to store, backup,  and  tran-
     sport files

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/bin/gtar [ option ...]  [ file ... ]

     /usr/bin/gtar --help

     /usr/gnu/bin/tar [ option ...]  [ file ... ]

     /usr/gnu/bin/tar --help


DESCRIPTION
     gtar (GNU tar) is an archiving program designed to store and
     extract  files from an archive file known as a tarfile.  For
     complete documentation, type:

          info tar

NOTE
     The standard version  of  tar  is  shipped  under  the  name
     /usr/bin/tar  and  additional  information  about  it can be
     obtained by typing the command 'man -M /usr/share/man tar'.

LICENSE
     GNU General Public License (GPL)

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ________________________________________
    |   ATTRIBUTE TYPE   |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
    |____________________|___________________|_
    | Availability       |  archiver/gnu-tar|
    |____________________|___________________|_
    | Interface Stability|  Volatile        |
    |____________________|__________________|

NOTES
     Source for gtar is available on http://opensolaris.org.












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