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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers How to check tar version in Solaris? Post 303008936 by drl on Thursday 7th of December 2017 12:00:06 PM
Old 12-07-2017
Hi.

With gtar:
Code:
$ which gtar
/usr/bin/gtar

$ gtar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.27.1

On a systerm like:
Code:
OS, ker|rel, machine: SunOS, 5.11, i86pc
Distribution        : Solaris 11.3 X86
bash GNU bash 4.1.17
gtar tar (GNU tar) 1.27.1

Best wishes ... cheers, drl
 

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