tar -- Command

Archiving/backup utility
tar [options] file ...

tar  is a  utility that  lets  you read,  write, and  update archives  in a
machine-independent format.  Its  name is an abbreviation for tape archive;
however, tar can read/write output to files and floppy disks, as well as to
magnetic tape.

tar is now a link to the command gtar, which implements tape archiving more
robustly  than did  the version  of  tar shipped  with earlier  editions of
COHERENT.   For details  on  how to  use  gtar, turn  to its  entry in  the
Lexicon.

See Also

commands,
gnucpio,
gtar
POSIX Standard, §10.1.1

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness