%general-entities; ]> Tar-&tar-version; Tar <para>The Tar package contains an archiving program.</para> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Tar The following patch adds a man page for tar: patch -Np1 -i ../&tar-man-patch; Prepare Tar for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin --libexecdir=/usr/sbin Compile the package: make To test the results, issue: make check. Install the package: make install Contents of Tar Installed programs rmt and tar Short Descriptions rmt Remotely manipulates a magnetic tape drive through an interprocess communication connection rmt tar Creates, extracts files from, and lists the contents of archives, also known as tarballs tar