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.TAR - File Extension for Tape Archive Files
File extension TAR is used for tape archive files. A TAR sample file is provided. Free software for creating and opening TAR files are listed.
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File Extension: .TAR
MIME Type: application/x-tar
File Content: Archive files
What is TAR? TAR is a short name for Tape ARchive, a file format standardized as part of POSIX.1-1988.
Some technical notes on TAR file format:
TAR is the file extension for TAR files.
TAR files are binary files. Here are the first 64 bytes of a sample TAR file dumped in HEX values:
73 61 6d 70 6c 65 2f 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 2e 63 00 sample.sample.c. 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 20 20 20 36 36 36 20 00 20 20 20 20 .......666...... 20 30 20 00 20 20 20 20 20 30 20 00 20 20 20 20 .0.......0......
There seems to be no magic number in TAR files.
TAR sample file: Click sample.tar to download.
TAR files can be created and extracted by free archive software:
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