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What order are files selected by tar?

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gawker

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In what order are files selected from a directory by tar when creating a tar file of the directory?

Thank you.

Gawker [pc2]
 
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If there are subdirectories, after the files in the directory are put in the tar, then the subdirectories and their files are put in the tar, also alphabetically.
 
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