In article <JES.89Aug30102233 at mbio.med.upenn.edu> jes at 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.