TAR Files
A TAR File is a flat file composed of a group of smaller sequential files. It also contains information about where the smaller files should be put when they are extracted. A tar ball is a tar file that has been compressed using ZIP format. In Windows, you can view and edit tar files and tar balls using WinZip or GZIP. In Unix you use the tar command. On the NMPDR FTP site, FIGfams and metagenomes? are stored as tarballs. The TAR command is used in the standard operating procedure for Updating FIG Fams.Topic revision: r4 - 23 Feb 2009 - 01:16:31 - Bruce Parrello
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