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(fdutils.info)Tar

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Tar (Tape ARchive)
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     tar tvf /dev/fd0              # Read directory of tar archive in
                                   # drive A:
     tar cvf /dev/fd0 foo1 foo2    # Write foo1 and foo2 to A: in tar
                                   # format foo1/foo2 can be entire
                                   # directory trees
     tar xvfp /dev/fd0             # extract entire tar archive in
                                   # drive A:

   Tar is not a file system.  Only low-level format (`superformat',
Note: superformat) are needed to prepare a disk to accept a tar
archive.