(tar-file-name-coding-system): New variable. Make it permanent-local.p (tar-header-block-tokenize): Decode filename and linkname by tar-file-name-coding-system. (tar-header-block-checksum): Call multibyte-char-to-unibyte to get the byte value of eight-bit chars. (tar-summarize-buffer): Call set-buffer-multibyte with METHOD `to'. Delete unnecessary call of position-bytes. (tar-mode): Set tar-file-name-coding-system. Delete unnecessary call of position-bytes. (tar-extract): Simplified by calling decode-coding-region with DESTINATION argument. Don't toggle multibyteness of tar buffer. (tar-copy): Don't toggle multibyteness of tar buffer. (tar-expunge): Likewise. (tar-clear-modification-flags): Delete unnecessary call of position-bytes. (tar-rename-entry): Call tar-alter-one-field with encoded new name. (tar-alter-one-field): Don't toggle multibyteness of tar buffer. Convert new-data-string by string-to-multibyte before inserting it. (tar-subfile-save-buffer): Don't toggle multibyteness of tar buffer. Simplified by calling encoding-coding-region with DESTINATION argument. (tar-mode-write-file): Delete unnecessary call of byte-to-position.