%general-entities; ]> tar &tar-version;
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 Tar-&tar-version; Tar <para>The Tar package provides the ability to create tar archives, as well as various other kinds of manipulation. Tar can be used on previously created archives to extract files, to store additional files, or to update or list files which were already stored. </para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> <seglistitem> <seg>&tar-fin-sbu;</seg> <seg>&tar-fin-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 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 3 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 Installed directory tar /usr/share/doc/tar-&tar-version; Short Descriptions tar Creates, extracts files from, and lists the contents of archives, also known as tarballs tar