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 `--same-order'
 `--preserve-order'
 `-s'
      To process large lists of file names on machines with small
      amounts of memory.  Use in conjunction with `--compare' (`--diff',
      `-d'), `--list' (`-t') or `--extract' (`--get', `-x').
 
    The `--same-order' (`--preserve-order', `-s') option tells `tar'
 that the list of file names to be listed or extracted is sorted in the
 same order as the files in the archive.  This allows a large list of
 names to be used, even on a small machine that would not otherwise be
 able to hold all the names in memory at the same time.  Such a sorted
 list can easily be created by running `tar -t' on the archive and
 editing its output.
 
    This option is probably never needed on modern computer systems.
 

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