What is a TAR file? Learn about TAR files here A TAR file is an
archive file that contains one or more files inside. This is
often done to ease distribution of a large set of files over the
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days! TAR file details On its own a TAR file is not a compressed
file, it is simply a format used for archiving files (merging
several files into one). On Unix and Linux archiving and
compression are normally done by two separate utilities. TAR
files are the most popular form of archive used on a Unix
system. TAR actually stands for tape archive, and is the name of
the type of file, and also the name of a utility which can be
used to open these files. The format was originally designed for
backup purposes using tapes, however it is quite often used for
downloads and application packages. It enables you to put a
number of files together into one single file, which makes it
much easier to either archive the files, or distribute them. TAR
files are not able to ru