The Tar program provides the ability to create tar archives, as well as various other kinds of manipulation. For example, you can use Tar on previously created archives to extract files, to store additional files, or to update or list files which were already stored.
Initially, tar archives were used to store files conveniently on magnetic tape. The name "Tar" comes from this use; it stands for tape archiver. Despite the utility's name, Tar can direct its output to available devices, files, or other programs (using pipes), it can even access remote devices or files (as archives).
Additional information about the project, including links to the project development page and file downloads, is available from the GNU software directory.
Stable versions of GNU Tar can be found on in the subdirectory
/gnu/tar/
on your favorite GNU mirror. For other ways to obtain Tar, please read
How to get GNU Software
Latest intermediate snapshots are available from tar snapshot ftp. Alpha releases are distributed from alpha.gnu.org.
For information about CVS access, alpha releases, patches, etc., please see the project's home page.
GNU Tar is fully documented. Complete documentation in Texinfo format is included in the distribution. An online manual is available in various formats.
If you wish to send a bug report, a feature request, or simply to share your thoughts about GNU tar, please write to <bug-tar@gnu.org>. Notice, that this is a moderated list, i.e. postings from non-subscribers are held until one of moderators has time to approve them. To subscribe to the list, visit http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-tar.
Date | Version | Download (please use one of the mirrors instead) | Information |
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2006-06-16 | 1.15.91 | Gzipped shell archive and its signature Gzipped tar archive and its signature Bzipped tar achive and its signature. |
See announce. |
2006-02-19 | 1.15.90 | Gzipped shell archive and its signature Gzipped tar archive and its signature Bzipped tar achive and its signature. |
Alpha release in preparation for next stable version. See its announce, for the detailed description of bug fixes and new features. |
2004-12-21 | 1.15.1 | Gzipped patch over the previous version and its signature.
Gzipped shell archive and its signature. Gzipped tar archive and its signature. Bzipped tar archive and its signature. |
Unpacking archives piped from standard input now works correctly. This logic flaw was introduced in version 1.15 and has unfortunately passed unnoticed the pretesting phase. If you have already downloaded version 1.15 of the package, you may wish downloading the patch, instead of getting the complete new tarball. To apply the patch, change to the |
2004-12-20 | 1.15 | Gzipped shell archive and its signature.
Gzipped tar archive and its signature. Bzipped tar archive and its signature. |
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2004-09-02 | 1.14.90 | Gzipped shell archive
Gzipped tar archive Bzipped tar archive |
An alpha release fixing bugs found in version 1.14. See the list of user-visible changes and ChangeLog diff for detailed information. |
2004-05-10 | 1.14 | Gzipped shell archive
Gzipped tar archive Bzipped tar archive |
First major release since 1999. See NEWS, and ChangeLog for details. |
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