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Old 08-20-2005
Jar and tar

I am a beginner to Solaris

In Solaris you will find 'jar'. I am used to 'tar' command in Linux.

What makes the differenced between 'jar' and 'tar' ?

Is 'jar' unique to Solaris?


I found a command called 'compress' too in Solaris.

It is not in my Linux. Is it something special to Solaris?
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Old 08-20-2005
jar is for java archives. tar should also be on your Solaris box.

compress works on large files that gzip will not. gzip has come with Solaris since 7 or 8.

You can probably find most of the Linux/GNU tools you are used to seeing in Linux distributions at: http://www.sunfreeware.com
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