WTAR -- Write a tar format file or tape. This is a portable, non-UNIX, non- proprietary program for writing tar format files on a variety of systems. The TAR format is an excellent choice for transporting files between different machines because of its simplicity, efficiency, and machine independence. wtar [-tvdo] [-f tarfile] [files] -t print names of files as they are written -v verbose output -d debug mode -o omit binary files -f fn write to file FN (stdout, mt[ab..], binary file) [files] files or directories to be written to tar file Output may be to a disk file, a magtape device, or to the standard output (on some systems). Text files may be padded with extra blanks at the end on some systems, due to lack of knowledge of the precise file length when the file header is written.