Untars a tarfile.
Note: File permissions will not be restored on extracted files.
For JDK 1.1 "last modified time" field is set to current time instead of being carried from tarfile.
The untar task recognizes the long pathname entries used by GNU tar.
| Attribute | Description | Required |
| src | tarfile to expand. | Yes |
| dest | directory where to store the expanded files. | Yes |
| overwrite | Overwrite files, even if they are newer than the corresponding entries in the archive (true or false, default is true). | No |
<gunzip src="tools.tar.gz"/>
<untar src="tools.tar" dest="${tools.home}"/>
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