Correct an mdoc error; add a sentence about tar's ancestors "tp" and "tap."

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Tim Kientzle 2004-08-07 17:15:33 +00:00
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@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ The full minor and major numbers for device nodes.
The device number, inode number, and link count for the entry.
In particular, note that a pax interchange format archive using Joerg
Schilling's
Cm SCHILY.*
.Cm SCHILY.*
extensions can store all of the data from
.Va struct stat .
.It Cm VENDOR.*
@ -689,6 +689,11 @@ The pax interchange file format is new with
A
.Nm tar
command appeared in Seventh Edition Unix, which was released in January, 1979.
It replaced the
.Nm tp
program from Fourth Edition Unix which in turn replaced the
.Nm tap
program from First Edition Unix.
John Gilmore's
.Nm pdtar
public-domain implementation (circa 1987) was highly influential