What is tar?
tar is a Unix/Linux command-line archiving utility that bundles multiple files and directories into a single archive file, originally designed for tape backup. The GNU implementation, maintained by the Free Software Foundation, supports on-the-fly compression via gzip, bzip2, and xz.
Files tar opens
Settings Files
Data Files
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File conversions with tar
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