%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 Add a program that generates a man page for tar from the source code: patch -Np1 -i ../&tar-manpage-patch; Prepare Tar for compilation: FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 \ ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --bindir=/bin 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 a system that has only been partially built, 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; Finally, generate the man page and place it in the proper location: perl tarman > /usr/share/man/man1/tar.1 Contents of Tar Installed programs Installed directory rmt and tar /usr/share/doc/tar-&tar-version; 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