tar Unix Utility
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A tar Unix Utility is a Unix utility that is an archiving utility that can create tar files.
- Example(s):
tar -cvhzf file.tar.gz directory, which derefences soft-link files.
- See: Zip Utility, gzip Utility.
References
2012
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_(file_format)
- In computing, tar (derived from tape archive) is both a file format (in the form of a type of archive bitstream) and the name of a program used to handle such files. The format was created in the early days of Unix and standardized by POSIX.1-1988 and later POSIX.1-2001.
tar was initially developed to write data to sequential I/O devices for tape backup purposes. It is now commonly used to collect many files into one larger file for distribution or archiving, while preserving file system information such as user and group permissions, dates, and directory structures.
- In computing, tar (derived from tape archive) is both a file format (in the form of a type of archive bitstream) and the name of a program used to handle such files. The format was created in the early days of Unix and standardized by POSIX.1-1988 and later POSIX.1-2001.