lign="top">basedir</td>
    <td valign="top">the directory from which to tar the files.</td>
    <td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
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    <td valign="top">longfile</td>
    <td valign="top">Determines how long files (&gt;100 chars) are to be
       handled.  Allowable values are &quot;truncate&quot;, &quot;fail&quot;,
       &quot;warn&quot;, &quot;omit&quot;, &quot;gnu&quot; and &quot;posix&quot;.  Default is
       &quot;warn&quot;.</td>
    <td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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