[TriLUG] ebay oddball product

[John Mitchell]

http://www.unixtar.com.tw/

john mitchell


On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 12:49 AM, Scott G. Hall <scottghall at bellsouth.net>wrote:

> I was searching for gaffers tape, and ran across this item....  now
> remember I
> grew up in the UNIX commandline world (still there in Linux):
>
> 5 Meter x Unixtar 3 Channel Flexible Cable Protect Cover Sleeve Cavity
> DB3T C | eBay
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/5-Meter-x-UNIXTAR-3-Channel-Flexible-Cable-Protect-Cover-Sleeve-Cavity-DB3T-C-/130970925098?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e7e79b82a
>
> What I want to know is, what does UNIX's tar command have to do with
> flexible
> wiring protectors?
>
> And knowing historically "tar" was short for "tape archive" (yes,
> pre-floppy
> even), why hasn't POSIX renamed the command "far" for "file archive"?
>
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> Raleigh, NC, USA
> scott at hallcomm-inc.com
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