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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>tar and feather</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../T.html" title="T"/><link rel="previous" href="tape-monkey.html" title="tape monkey"/><link rel="next" href="tarball.html" title="tarball"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">tar and feather</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="tape-monkey.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">T</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="tarball.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="tar-and-feather"/><dt xmlns="" id="tar-and-feather"><b>tar and feather</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vi.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from Unix
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<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">tar</span>(1)</span>]
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To create a transportable archive from a group of files by first sticking
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them together with
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<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">tar</span>(1)</span>
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(the Tape ARchiver) and then compressing the result (see
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<a href="../C/compress.html"><i class="glossterm">compress</i></a>). The latter action is dubbed <span class="firstterm">feathering</span> partly for euphony and (if only for
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contrived effect) by analogy to what you do with an airplane propeller to
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decrease wind resistance, or with an oar to reduce water resistance;
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smaller files, after all, slip through comm links more easily. Compare the
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more common <a href="tarball.html"><i class="glossterm">tarball</i></a>. Earlier, the phrase referred
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to a punishment in which the victims had tar being poured upon them and
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then, whilst the tar was still sticky, having a pillow full of feathers -
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or other material — thrown at them. See <a href="http://www.nwta.com/Spy/spring99/tar.html" target="_top">http://www.nwta.com/Spy/spring99/tar.html</a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="tape-monkey.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../T.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="tarball.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">tape monkey </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> tarball</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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