harper@csc.fi (02/27/90)
In article <9002212359.AA29825@net.bio.net>, AKC01@dk0rrzk1.bitnet (Kay Hofmann) writes: > If there is no VMS-program i could also use MSDOS,VM/CMS,Mac or unix > programs (in order of preference). Kay Hofmann. > I used LDBASE to run through the archives on RED-UG (the European LIST that usually has the answer to everything) I did a SELECT TAR and PC in RED-UG and came up with a couple of interesting hits, which might help you with your uncompressing problem. Follow it up on TRICKLE if you are interested. I should also mention that the latest edition of PAX for the PC appeared. =================EXTRACT================= >>> Item number 590, dated 89/08/25 10:03:42 -- ALL ========================================================================= From: Gustaf Neumann <NEUMANN@AWIWUW11> Subject: re: uncompressing tar-z files on a pc >I would like to read a .tar-z file on a PC, but no utility from >PD1:<MSDOS> works. Is there a solution ? >Any help would be appreciated. > >Adam MIROWSKI Try <msdos.sq-usq>u16-v12.arc I have used it several times with good success -gustaf >>> Item number 607, dated 89/08/28 09:10:55 -- ALL ========================================================================= From: A0045@DK0RRZK1 Subject: Re: Reading TAR-Z files on a PC The .TAR-Z files in the UNIX-C directories of the SIMTEL/TRICKLE archive are compressed archives similar to the .ARC files in the PC directories, but are constructed in a different way: First, TAR gathers several files together in a archive without compression, second, COMPRESS compresses this tar file. The resulting file then usually has the ending .tar.Z on a UNIX system which is translated to .TAR-Z on SIMTEL20. The unarchiving must reverse this process again in two steps: First, UNCOMPRESS the .TAR-Z file to a .TAR file, second, UNTAR this file to get the original files again. There are several PC programs in the archive for these two conversions, most of which are ports from UNIX programs for the same purpose. I had good results with those from <MSDOS.SQ-USQ>COMP410E.ARC and <MSDOS.FILUTL>PAX.ARC. After the unarchiving you have usually a number of text files in UNIX format, thet means with UNIX style line ends (LF only as line delimiter). So to actually use these files on a PC you have also to convert them to PC style text files (CR,LF as line delimiter). There are again several programs to do this, a recent entry in the archives is the portable program FLIP contained in <MSDOS.TXTUTL>FLIP1EXE.ARC and <MSDOS.TXTUTL>FLIP1SRC.ARC. For the PC the EXE part is sufficient, the SRC file is interesting if you want to have the same program on a real UNIX system. One last small problem to mention: there are often UNIX file names in the TAR files which are not compatible with PC file names conventions, watch out especially for long names and several dots in a file name. The PC TAR programs usually just pass the original names to DOS, which either truncates or refuses them. Jochen Roderburg Regional Computing Center University of Cologne Robert-Koch-Str. 10 Tel. : +49-221/470-4564 D-5000 Koeln 41 Email: A0045 @ DK0RRZK0.BITNET (CDC) West Germany or A0045 @ DK0RRZK1.BITNET (IBM)