%general-entities; ]> tar &tar-version;
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 Tar-&tar-version; Tar <para>The Tar package contains an archiving program.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> <seglistitem> <seg>&tar-ch6-sbu;</seg> <seg>&tar-ch6-du;</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Tar Prepare Tar for compilation: FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --bindir=/bin --libexecdir=/usr/sbin The meaning of the configure options: FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 This forces the test for mknod to be run as root. It is generally considered dangerous to run this test as the root user, but as it is being run on an only partially built system, overriding it is OK. Compile the package: make To test the results (about 1 SBU), issue: make check Install the package: make install make -C doc install-html docdir=/usr/share/doc/tar-&tar-version; Contents of Tar Installed programs rmt and tar Short Descriptions rmt Remotely manipulates a magnetic tape drive through an interprocess communication connection rmt tar Creates, extracts files from, and lists the contents of archives, also known as tarballs tar