Tar

Official Download Location

Tar (1.13):
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/

Tar Patch (1.13):
ftp://ftp.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs-packages/3.2-rc1/
http://ftp.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs-packages/3.2-rc1/

Contents of tar-1.13

Program Files

rmt and tar

Descriptions

rmt

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

tar

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

Dependencies

Tar-1.13 needs the following to be installed:


bash: sh
binutils: ar, as, ld
diffutils: cmp
fileutils: chmod, cp, ln, ls, mv, rm
gcc: cc
grep: egrep, grep
make: make
patch: patch
sed: sed
sh-utils: basename, expr, sleep, uname
textutils: cat, tr