Version of TAR in tarfile module? TAR 1.14 or 1.15 port to Windows?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Claudio Grondi wrote:
> What TAR version is built into the tarfile module?

None: the tarfile module is not built on top of
GNU tar. Instead, it is a complete reimplementation.

> Is there a TAR 1.14 or 1.15 port to Windows
> available in Internet for download (which URL)?

http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/

Regards,
Martin