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.TH TAR 1 sbase\-VERSION
.SH NAME
tar \- create, list or extract a tape archive
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B tar
.RB [ \-f
.IR tarfile]
.RB [ \-C
.IR dir ]
.RB [ - ] x | t
.B tar
.RB [ \-f
.IR tarfile]
.RB [ \-C
.IR dir ]
.RB [ - ] c
.I dir
.B tar
.RB [ \-C
.IR dir ]
.B cf
.I tarfile
.I dir
.B tar
.RB [ \-C
.IR dir ]
.B x|tf
.I tarfile
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B tar
is the standard file archiver. Generally the archives
created with it are further compressed.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B x
extract tarball from stdin
.TP
.B t
list all files in tarball from stdin
.TP
.BI c\ path
creates tarball from
.I path
and prints it to stdout
.TP
.BI f\ tarfile
Make
.I tarfile
be the archive, rather than stdin or stdout.
.TP
.BI C\ dir
Change dierctory to
.I dir
before beginning.
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR ar (1)
.IR gzip (1)
.IR bzip2 (1)