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GNU tar 1.20 (Release branch)
GNU `tar' saves many files together into a single tape or disk archive, and can restore individual files from the archive. It includes multivolume support, the ability to archive sparse files, automatic archive compression/decompression, remote archives and special features that allow `tar' to be used for incremental and full backups. It also includes `rmt', the remote tape server (the `mt' tape drive control program is in GNU `cpio'). License: GNU General Public License (GPL) Changes:
This release has new options: -a (selects a compression algorithm basing on the suffix of the archive file name), --lzma (selects the LZMA compression algorithm), and --hard-dereference, which dereferences hard links during archive creation and stores the files they refer to (instead of creating the usual hard link members).Image

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dxarchiver(8)						      System Manager's Manual						     dxarchiver(8)

NAME

       dxarchiver - Archives and restores files to and from disk and tape devices

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/bin/X11/dxarchiver

OPTIONS

       The  Archiver  application  accepts  all of the standard X Toolkit command line options, which are documented in the OPTIONS section in the
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DESCRIPTION

       Use the Archiver application, dxarchiver, to: Copy and store multiple files to a single, named archive file or output device such as a tape
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FILES

       Defaults that are shared by the GUI and CLI The Archiver application The Archiver help volume  Directory  containing  Archiver  application
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SEE ALSO

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       Files: cpio(4), tar(4)

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