// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

// Package tar implements access to tar archives.
//
// Tape archives (tar) are a file format for storing a sequence of files that
// can be read and written in a streaming manner.
// This package aims to cover most variations of the format,
// including those produced by GNU and BSD tar tools.