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The archive data sets created by ''tar'' contain various [[file system]] parameters, such as:
 
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* [[File ownership|Ownership]]
 
* [[File ownership|Ownership]]
 
* [[File access permission|file access permissions]]
 
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Latest revision as of 18:18, 27 April 2016

In computing, tar is a computer software utility for collecting many files into one archive file for distribution or backup purposes.

Description

The name is derived from tape archive, as it was originally developed to write data to sequential I/O devices.

The archive data sets created by tar contain various file system parameters, such as:

Standards

The file structure to store this information was later standardized in POSIX.1-1988 and later POSIX.1-2001. and became a format supported by most modern file archiving systems.

See also

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