tar: tar (archiving utility)
tar:
tar: This is the GNU version of tar, an archiving program designed to store
tar: and extract files from an archive file known as a tarfile.  A tarfile
tar: may be made on a tape drive, however, it is also common to write a
tar: tarfile to a normal file.
tar:
tar: Slackware's package system uses tarfiles compressed with GNU gzip.
tar:
tar:
tar: