tar (Tape ARchival program)

tar is a UNIX utility used to compress and uncompress files. Files compressed with this program normally take the file extension ".tar." For more information, please consult the tar manpage.

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tar article

A tar overview article, with pointers to Macintosh and PC tar programs.

UNIX handbook

A UNIX system administrators handbook on file compression and decompression tools, this set of pages includes discussion of tar and gzip, another popular UNIX compression/decompression tool.

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file compression

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