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`--starting-file=NAME'
`-K NAME'
     Starts an operation in the middle of an archive.  Use in
     conjunction with `--extract' (`--get', `-x') or `--list' (`-t').

   If a previous attempt to extract files failed due to lack of disk
space, you can use `--starting-file=NAME' (`-K NAME') to start
extracting only after member NAME of the archive.  This assumes, of
course, that there is now free space, or that you are now extracting
into a different file system.  (You could also choose to suspend `tar',
remove unnecessary files from the file system, and then restart the
same `tar' operation.  In this case, `--starting-file=NAME' (`-K NAME')
is not necessary.  Note: Inc Dumps, Note: interactive, and
Note: exclude.)