&Ferdinand.Gassauer; &tde-authors; &tde-release-version; Reviewed: &tde-release-date; 2010 &Ferdinand.Gassauer; &tde-copyright-date; &tde-team; This handbook describes the tar protocol. TDE tar protocol An archiving program designed to store and extract files from an archive file known as a tarfile. A tarfile may be made on a tape drive, however, it is also common to write a tarfile to a normal file. Read the man page: tar.