On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Rich Clark wrote:
| On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Bug Hunter wrote:
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| >
| > strange question...
| >
| > does tar stand for "Tape ARchive" utility? AFAIR, it does, but I'm
| > checking with the experts. :)
| >
| >
|
| Ummmm.... yeah, it do. Even says so on the man page.
You know, I remembered the man page, too, clear as bell:
tar - tape archiver
but actually on the Mandrake 7.0 distribution, at least, it really says:
tar - The GNU version of the tar archiving utility
Which I find a bit funny. Seems like it must archive it with dinosaur
bones and such in the tar pits . . .
but I can see why. It's hardly ever used for tape any more, even if
that's what it started out as.
[I've only been using Unix since 1981 . . . so my head is filled with
obsolte info.]
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