[comp.archives] [sun-spots] tar archive format

acmfiu@serss0.fiu.edu (ACMFIU) (01/16/91)

Archive-name: gnu/utils/gnu-tar/1991-01-12
Archive: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/tar-1.09.tar.Z [18.71.0.38]
Original-posting-by: acmfiu@serss0.fiu.edu (ACMFIU)
Original-subject: tar archive format
Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti)

Where can I find detailed information about the format of tar archives?

[[Ed's Note: A good place to start might be the GNU Tar source code/README
files. Gnu tar is a public domain implementation of tar based on John
Gilmore's original public domain tar. It is available via anonymous ftp
from prep.ai.mit.edu (18.71.0.38) as public/gnu/tar-1.09.tar.Z. -bdg]]