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(tar.info)extracting archives

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Extracting an Entire Archive
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   To extract an entire archive, specify the archive file name only,
with no individual file names as arguments.  For example,

     $ tar -xvf collection.tar

produces this:

     -rw-rw-rw- me user     28 1996-10-18 16:31 jazz
     -rw-rw-rw- me user     21 1996-09-23 16:44 blues
     -rw-rw-rw- me user     20 1996-09-23 16:44 folk