Key Implementations
There have been historically many implementations of tar, and many general file archivers have at least partial support for tar (often using one of the implementations below). Most tar implementations can also read and create cpio and pax (the latter actually is a tar-format with POSIX-2001-extensions).
- FreeBSD tar (also BSD tar) is the default tar on most Berkeley Software Distribution-based operating systems including Mac OS X. The core functionality is available as libarchive for inclusion in other applications.
- GNU tar is the default on most GNU/Linux distributions. It is based on the public domain implementation pdtar which started in 1987. It can use various formats, including ustar, pax, GNU and v7 formats.
- Solaris tar is based on the original UNIX V7 tar and is the default on the Solaris operating system.
- star (unique standard tape archiver) was created in 1982 by Jörg Schilling and is published under the CDDL-license. In 1999 it was found to be fastest tar implementation.
Additionally, most pax implementations can read and create many types of tar files.
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