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2 <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3CR2//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.3CR2/docbookx.dtd" [
3 <!ENTITY % tar-entities SYSTEM "../ent/tar.ent">
6 <sect1 id="aa-tar" xreflabel="Tar">
8 <?dbhtml filename="tar.html"?>
10 <para>For installation instructions see <xref linkend="ch06-tar"/>.</para>
12 <sect2><title>Official Download Location</title>
14 <literallayout>Tar (&tar-version;):
15 <ulink url="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/tar/"/></literallayout>
19 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="tar-contents.xml"/>
22 <sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
24 <para><command>rmt</command> is used to remotely manipulate a magnetic
25 tape drive, through an interprocess communication connection.</para>
27 <para><command>tar</command> is used to create and extract files from
28 archives, also known as tarballs.</para>
34 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="tar-deps.xml"/>