gz@spt.entity.com (Gail Zacharias) (05/16/88)
I'm posting (to comp.sources.mac) the sources for MPW tools for creating and
unpacking unix-compatible tar archives. The main disadvantage of these tools
compared to the tar program coming across now is that they don't have a window
interface and you need MPW to use them. Their main advantage is that they
don't have a window interface and you need MPW to use them. For instance:
directory {work}
mtar :*.[ch] :docs: :applications:myprog | mcompress > work.tar.Z
(where '*' stands for option-x of course). Their other advantage is that
they store both forks of files (as well as the mac file info (creator, etc.)).
By the way, the advantage of using (either version of) tar+compress instead
of StuffIt, aside from them being freeware rather than shareware and being
unpackable using standard Unix tools, is that they preserve the subdirectory
structure.
Seeing as how my experience so far with posting to comp.sources.mac has been
non-optimal, I'm making these available via anonymous FTP and uucp, just in
case the posting never makes it out.
FTP: host XX.LCS.MIT.EDU, login as anonymous, any password.
File name: <gz>mtar.shar
uucp: host random.entity.com. The dialup numbers are 1-617-924-8357 and
1-617-924-8380. Both numbers work at 2400 or 1200 baud. Login as
uucp with no password. In L.sys-ese:
random Any ACU 2400 16179248357 ogin:-ogin: uucp
random Any ACU 2400 16179248380 ogin:-ogin: uucp
File name: ~uucp/mtar.shar
File size: 30K.
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