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From: perry@ccssrv.UUCP (Perry Hutchison)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Unix without tar?
Message-ID: <594@ccssrv.UUCP>
Date: 30 Aug 89 20:52:27 GMT
References: <JES.89Aug30102233@mbio.med.upenn.edu>
Reply-To: perry@ccssrv.UUCP (Perry Hutchison)
Organization: Control-C Software, Inc., Beaverton, OR
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In article <JES.89Aug30102233@mbio.med.upenn.edu> jes@mbio.med.upenn.edu
(Joe Smith) writes:

> Doesn't every Unix have tar?

I no longer have the manuals, but as I recall V6 did not, and it may still be
in use at a few sites.  An old V7 manual here does include tar(1), so it does
go back at least that far.