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authorJoseph Hunkeler <jhunkeler@gmail.com>2015-07-08 20:46:52 -0400
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+WTAR -- Write a tar format file or tape. This is a portable, non-UNIX, non-
+ proprietary program for writing tar format files on a variety of
+ systems. The TAR format is an excellent choice for transporting
+ files between different machines because of its simplicity, efficiency,
+ and machine independence.
+
+
+wtar [-tvdo] [-f tarfile] [files]
+
+ -t print names of files as they are written
+ -v verbose output
+ -d debug mode
+ -o omit binary files
+ -f fn write to file FN (stdout, mt[ab..], binary file)
+ [files] files or directories to be written to tar file
+
+
+Output may be to a disk file, a magtape device, or to the standard output
+(on some systems). Text files may be padded with extra blanks at the end on
+some systems, due to lack of knowledge of the precise file length when the
+file header is written.