tar: PuppyLinux

Revision [10203]

This is an old revision of tar made by coolpup on 2010-10-27 07:20:50.

tar create/restore archives

Verify the currently installed version by entering the following into the command-line interface:

tar --version

tar software package(s)

tar-1.24-f-20101025.pet

Extracting tar archives

Tar by default will extract the file according to its extension:

tar xfv file.EXTENSION

Creating tar archives

tar cfv archive.tar [files...]

References

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/
http://www.t2-project.org/packages/tar.html
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Tar

Appendix

./configure FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 CFLAGS="-mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" --prefix=/ --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --host=i486-pc-linux-gnu --enable-backup-scripts && make && make check

101 tests were successful.
14 tests were skipped.

Filename extension: .tar
Internet media type: application/x-tar
Containers: gzip, bzip2, lzip, lzma, xz, lzop, compress