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# Tar

For installation instructions see the Section called Installing Tar-1.13.25 in Chapter 6.

## Official Download Location

Tar (1.13.25):
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/tar/

## Contents of Tar

(Last checked against version 1.13.)

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

Tar installs the following:

### Program Files

rmt and tar

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## Descriptions

(Last checked against version 1.13.)

### Program file descriptions

rmt is used to remotely manipulate a magnetic tape drive, through an interprocess communication connection.

tar is used to create and extract files from archives, also known as tarballs.

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## Tar Installation Dependencies

(Last checked against version 1.13.)

Bash: sh
Binutils: ar, as, ld, ranlib
Coreutils: basename, cat, chmod, echo, expr, install, ls, mv, rm,
sleep, tr, uname
Diffutils: cmp
Gawk: gawk
GCC: cc, cc1, collect2, cpp0, gcc
Gettext: msgfmt, xgettext
Glibc: getconf
Grep: egrep, fgrep, grep
M4: m4
Make: make
Net-tools: hostname
Patch: patch
Sed: sed
Texinfo: install-info, makeinfo

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