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6. Choosing Files and Names for tar

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Certain options to tar enable you to specify a name for your archive. Other options let you decide which files to include or exclude from the archive, based on when or whether files were modified, whether the file names do or don't match specified patterns, or whether files are in specified directories.

6.1 Choosing and Naming Archive Files  Choosing the Archive's Name
6.2 Selecting Archive Members  
6.3 Reading Names from a File  
6.4 Excluding Some Files  
6.5 Wildcards Patterns and Matching  
6.6 Operating Only on New Files  
6.7 Descending into Directories  
6.8 Crossing Filesystem Boundaries  


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