Tar includes multivolume support, automatic archive compression/
decompression, the ability to perform remote archives and the
ability to perform incremental and full backups.
If you want to use Tar for remote backups, you'll also need to
install the rmt package.
You should install the tar package, because you'll find its
compression and decompression utilities essential for working
with files.
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1854473 Aug 29 20:49 /bin/tar ?rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 29 20:49 /usr/bin/gtar -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 91025 Aug 29 20:40 /usr/share/info/tar.info-1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 75415 Aug 29 20:40 /usr/share/info/tar.info-2.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4553 Aug 29 20:40 /usr/share/info/tar.info.gz