Diffrence between tar and cp

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02-02-2010, 09:13 PM	#1
linuxm LQ Newbie Registered: Jul 2009 Posts: 2 Rep:	Diffrence between tar and cp Hi, What is diffrent between tar and cp? Which one is faster? Their application purpose etc Thanks

02-02-2010, 09:28 PM	#2
nicedream Member Registered: Feb 2010 Distribution: Arch Linux Posts: 68 Rep:	They serve two entirely different purposes. Read the man pages for each command for a description of what each one does.

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