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GNU tar

GNU version of the tar archiving utility
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Summary

GNU tar is a file archiver[1]. It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Free Software Foundation[3], Jay Fenlason[4]
  • Instance of: compression software[5], utility software[6], GNU package[7]
  • Maintained by: Jeff Bailey[8], Paul Eggert[9], Sergey Poznyakoff[10], Jay Fenlason[11], Joy Kendall[12]
  • Movement: free software movement[13]
  • Based on: Public domain tar[14]
  • Follows: Public domain tar[15]
  • Developer: GNU Project[16]
  • Copyright license: GNU General Public License v3.0 or later[17]
  • Programmed in: C[18]
  • Operating system: GNU/Linux[19], BSD[20], macOS[21], Unix-like operating system[22], Android[23]
  • Software version identifier: 1.28[24], 1.32[25], 1.11.1[26], 1.11.2[27], 1.11.8[28], 1.12[29], 1.13[30], 1.14[31], 1.15[32], 1.15.1[33], 1.16[34], 1.16,1[35], 1.17[36], 1.18[37]
  • Commons category: GNU tar[38]
  • Inception: 1988[39]
  • Official website: https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/[40]
  • Readable file format: tar[41]
  • Writable file format: tar[42]
  • Source code repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git[43], https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=tar.git[44], https://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/tar/[45]
  • Issue tracker URL: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=tar[46]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/tar[47]
  • IRC channel URL: irc://irc.gnu.org/gnu[48]
  • User manual URL: https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/[49]
  • Copyright holder: Free Software Foundation[50]
  • Has command line option: -f[51]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[52]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  6. [10] ↑ . gnu.org. Retrieved . gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  37. [39] ↑ . git.savannah.gnu.org. Retrieved . git.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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