Appendix H Index of Command Line Options
This appendix contains an index of all GNU tar
long command line options. The options are listed without the preceding double-dash. For a cross-reference of short command line options, see Short Options Cross Reference.
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Index Entry
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Section
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A
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absolute-names
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6.10.2 Absolute File Names
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absolute-names, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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acls, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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add-file
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6.3 Reading Names from a File
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after-date
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6.8 Operating Only on New Files
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after-date, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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anchored
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Controlling Pattern-Matching
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anchored, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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append
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4.2.2 How to Add Files to Existing Archives: ‘--append ’
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append
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4.2.2.1 Appending Files to an Archive
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append, summary
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3.4.1 Operations
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atime-preserve
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8.2 Handling File Attributes
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atime-preserve, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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auto-compress
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8.1.1 Creating and Reading Compressed Archives
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auto-compress, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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B
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backup
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4.5 Backup options
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backup, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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block-number
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3.7 Checking tar progress
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block-number, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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blocking-factor
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9.4.2 The Blocking Factor of an Archive
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blocking-factor, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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bzip2, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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C
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catenate
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4.2.4 Combining Archives with ‘--concatenate ’
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catenate, summary
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3.4.1 Operations
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check-device, described
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5.2 Using tar to Perform Incremental Dumps
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check-device, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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check-links, described
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8.3.3 Hard Links
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check-links, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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checkpoint
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3.8 Checkpoints
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checkpoint, defined
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3.8 Checkpoints
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checkpoint, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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checkpoint-action
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3.8 Checkpoints
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checkpoint-action, defined
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3.8 Checkpoints
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checkpoint-action, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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clamp-mtime, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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compare
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4.2.6 Comparing Archive Members with the File System
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compare, summary
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3.4.1 Operations
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compress
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8.1.1 Creating and Reading Compressed Archives
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compress, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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concatenate
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4.2.4 Combining Archives with ‘--concatenate ’
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concatenate, summary
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3.4.1 Operations
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confirmation, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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create, additional options
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4.3 Options Used by ‘--create ’
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create, complementary notes
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4.1 Basic GNU tar Operations
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create, introduced
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2.6.2 Creating the Archive
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create, summary
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3.4.1 Operations
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create, using with ‘--verbose’
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2.6.3 Running ‘--create ’ with ‘--verbose ’
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create, using with ‘--verify’
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9.8 Verifying Data as It is Stored
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D
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delay-directory-restore
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Directory Modification Times and Permissions
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delay-directory-restore, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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delete
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4.2.5 Removing Archive Members Using ‘--delete ’
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delete, summary
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3.4.1 Operations
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delete, using before --append
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4.2.2 How to Add Files to Existing Archives: ‘--append ’
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dereference
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8.3.2 Symbolic Links
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dereference, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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diff, summary
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3.4.1 Operations
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directory
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6.10.1 Changing the Working Directory
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directory, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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E
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exclude
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6.4 Excluding Some Files
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exclude
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6.4 Excluding Some Files
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exclude, potential problems with
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Problems with Using the exclude Options
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exclude, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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exclude-backups
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6.4 Excluding Some Files
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exclude-backups, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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exclude-caches
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6.4 Excluding Some Files
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exclude-caches, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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exclude-caches-all
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6.4 Excluding Some Files
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exclude-caches-all, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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exclude-caches-under
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6.4 Excluding Some Files
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exclude-caches-under, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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exclude-from
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6.4 Excluding Some Files
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exclude-from
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6.4 Excluding Some Files
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exclude-from, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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exclude-ignore
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6.4 Excluding Some Files
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exclude-ignore, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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exclude-ignore-recursive
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6.4 Excluding Some Files
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exclude-ignore-recursive, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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exclude-tag
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6.4 Excluding Some Files
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exclude-tag, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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exclude-tag-all
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6.4 Excluding Some Files
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exclude-tag-all, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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exclude-tag-under
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6.4 Excluding Some Files
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exclude-tag-under, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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exclude-vcs
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6.4 Excluding Some Files
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exclude-vcs, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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exclude-vcs-ignores
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6.4 Excluding Some Files
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exclude-vcs-ignores, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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extract
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2.8 How to Extract Members from an Archive
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extract, additional options
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4.4 Options Used by ‘--extract ’
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extract, complementary notes
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4.1 Basic GNU tar Operations
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extract, summary
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3.4.1 Operations
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extract, using with ‘--listed-incremental’
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5.2 Using tar to Perform Incremental Dumps
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F
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file
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6.1 Choosing and Naming Archive Files
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file, short description
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6.1 Choosing and Naming Archive Files
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file, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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file, tutorial
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The ‘--file ’ Option
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files-from
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6.3 Reading Names from a File
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files-from, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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force-local, short description
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9.1 Device Selection and Switching
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force-local, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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format, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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full-time, summary
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3.4.2 tar Options
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