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.TH gtar 1 "2011-02-01"
.SH NAME
GNU tar, gtar \- A utility used to store, backup, and transport files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.B \/usr\/bin\/gtar
.RI "[ " "option " \|.\|.\|. ]
.RI "[ " "file" " \|.\|.\|. ]"
.sp 1n
.B \/usr\/bin\/gtar
.RI "--help"
.sp 1n
.B \/usr\/gnu\/bin\/tar
.RI "[ " "option " \|.\|.\|. ]
.RI "[ " "file" " \|.\|.\|. ]"
.sp 1n
.B \/usr\/gnu\/bin\/tar
.RI "--help"
.sp 1n
.SH 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: 
.IP
.B info tar
.SH 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'.
.SH LICENSE
GNU General Public License (GPL)


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.SH ATTRIBUTES
See
.BR attributes (5)
for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp
.TS
box;
cbp-1 | cbp-1
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE 
=
Availability	archiver/gnu-tar
=
Stability	Volatile
.TE 
.PP

.SH NOTES

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This software was built from source available at https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.  The original community source was downloaded from  http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.27.1.tar.bz2

Further information about this software can be found on the open source community website at http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/.