Tar is short for tape archive, and was originally designed for packaging files onto tape.

tar是tape archive(磁带归档)的缩写，最初设计用于将文件打包到磁带上。

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The tar utility records your files verbatim on tape — tar is definitely an acronym for tape archiver.

tar实用程序将您的文件完整地记录到磁带中，tar是磁带存档程序(tape archiver)的首字母缩写。

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However, rather than copy files and a directory structure to a tape, you can also use tar to copy into a file.

然而，除了可以将文件和目录结构复制到磁带，您还可以使用tar将它们复制到一个文件。

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