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# Tar

## Contents

The tar package contains the tar and rmt programs.

## Description

### tar

tar is an archiving program designed to store and extract files from an archive file known as a tarfile.

### rmt

rmt is a program used by the remote dump and restore programs in manipulating a magnetic tape drive through an interprocess communication connection.

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