GNU tar

GNU version of the tar archiving utility
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GNU tar

Summary

GNU tar is a file archiver[1].

Key Facts

  • GNU tar is the creator of Q48413[2].
  • GNU tar is the creator of Jay Fenlason[3].
  • GNU tar's instance of is recorded as file archiver[4].
  • GNU tar's instance of is recorded as compression software[5].
  • GNU tar's instance of is recorded as utility software[6].
  • GNU tar's instance of is recorded as GNU package[7].
  • GNU tar's maintained by is recorded as Jeff Bailey[8].
  • GNU tar's maintained by is recorded as Paul Eggert[9].
  • GNU tar's maintained by is recorded as Sergey Poznyakoff[10].
  • GNU tar's maintained by is recorded as Jay Fenlason[11].
  • GNU tar's maintained by is recorded as Joy Kendall[12].
  • GNU tar's movement is recorded as free software movement[13].
  • GNU tar's based on is recorded as Public domain tar[14].
  • GNU tar's follows is recorded as Public domain tar[15].
  • GNU tar's developer is recorded as GNU Project[16].
  • GNU tar's copyright license is recorded as Q27016754[17].
  • GNU tar's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[18].
  • GNU tar's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[19].
  • GNU tar's operating system is recorded as BSD[20].
  • GNU tar's operating system is recorded as macOS[21].
  • GNU tar's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[22].
  • GNU tar's operating system is recorded as Android[23].
  • GNU tar's software version identifier is recorded as 1.28[24].
  • GNU tar's software version identifier is recorded as 1.32[25].
  • GNU tar's software version identifier is recorded as 1.11.1[26].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Created works include Q48413[2] and Jay Fenlason[3], a programmer[27].

Subject and Themes

GNU tar's movement is recorded as free software movement[13].

Adaptations and Inspiration

GNU tar's follows is recorded as Public domain tar[15].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . gnu.org. Retrieved . gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . gnu.org. Retrieved . gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . gnu.org. Retrieved . gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . git.savannah.gnu.org. Retrieved . git.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . git.savannah.gnu.org. Retrieved . git.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . git.savannah.gnu.org. Retrieved . git.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . git.savannah.gnu.org. Retrieved . git.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [2] . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] . git.savannah.gnu.org. Retrieved . git.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . ftpmirror.gnu.org. Retrieved . ftpmirror.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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