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Last change on this file since add0598 was add0598, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 17 years ago

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5  %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-tar" role="wrap">
9  <?dbhtml filename="tar.html"?>
10
11  <title>Tar-&tar-version;</title>
12
13  <indexterm zone="ch-system-tar">
14    <primary sortas="a-Tar">Tar</primary>
15  </indexterm>
16
17  <sect2 role="package">
18    <title/>
19
20    <para>The Tar package contains an archiving program.</para>
21
22
23  </sect2>
24
25  <sect2 role="installation">
26    <title>Installation of Tar</title>
27
28    <para os="a">Prepare Tar for compilation:</para>
29
30<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin --libexecdir=/usr/sbin</userinput></screen>
31
32    <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
33
34<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
35
36    <para os="e">To test the results, issue:
37    <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
38
39    <para os="f">Install the package:</para>
40
41<screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
42
43  </sect2>
44
45  <sect2 id="contents-tar" role="content">
46    <title>Contents of Tar</title>
47
48    <segmentedlist>
49      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
50
51      <seglistitem>
52        <seg>rmt and tar</seg>
53      </seglistitem>
54    </segmentedlist>
55
56    <variablelist>
57      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
58      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
59      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
60
61      <varlistentry id="rmt">
62        <term><command>rmt</command></term>
63        <listitem>
64          <para>Remotely manipulates a magnetic
65          tape drive through an interprocess communication connection</para>
66          <indexterm zone="ch-system-tar rmt">
67            <primary sortas="b-rmt">rmt</primary>
68          </indexterm>
69        </listitem>
70      </varlistentry>
71
72      <varlistentry id="tar">
73        <term><command>tar</command></term>
74        <listitem>
75          <para>Creates, extracts files from, and lists the contents of
76          archives, also known as tarballs</para>
77          <indexterm zone="ch-system-tar tar">
78            <primary sortas="b-tar">tar</primary>
79          </indexterm>
80        </listitem>
81      </varlistentry>
82
83    </variablelist>
84
85  </sect2>
86
87</sect1>
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