GWO144@URIACC.URI.EDU (Andy Kress) (08/08/90)
How does one unpack .TAR files? I have a IIgs and I am on this list
on a CMS machine. I guess .TAR is a UNIX packer? Anyway...any and all
info would be helpful.
Andy
UCI137 at URIACCtoddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) (08/09/90)
GWO144@URIACC.URI.EDU (Andy Kress) writes: > How does one unpack .TAR files? I have a IIgs and I am on this list > on a CMS machine. I guess .TAR is a UNIX packer? Anyway...any and all > info would be helpful. I think you mean VMS (?) tar is a unix _archive_ utility. It doesn't pack or compress anything. If you have a tar file containing binscii data chunks (the tybalt.caltech.edu FTP server has a number of these) then you don't need tar at all. Binscii can extract its data straight out of a tar file. Todd Whitesel toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu
sandvig@poincare.geom.umn.edu (Cary &) (08/09/90)
some time in the next week or two I will be releasing my port of GNUtar... this
will fully support the tar format
--
-Cary
(.sig pending)marekp@contact.UUCP (Marek Pawlowski) (08/09/90)
Files suffixed with .tar, are recognized as an archive of files on a
Unix system. It is files simple joined together in to one. To retrieve
the files, you use: tar xvf file_name
This will remove the files from that archive, in to the current directory.
Other common suffixes are ".Z" and ".zoo", the first is Unix compressed, you
uncompress by simply using: uncompress file_name
The "-e" option on the zoo utility on most Unix systems will remove and
"unpack" any files in the archive...
Marek Pawlowski
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"Send lawsuits, complaints, grudges, flames, sacrificial animals, and
court orders to the addresses listed below:"bkahn@archive.rtp.dg.com (Bruce Kahn) (08/11/90)
In article <m0i0CWL-0001AJC@contact.uucp>, marekp@contact.UUCP (Marek Pawlowski) writes: |> [...] |> This will remove the files from that archive, in to the current directory. |> Other common suffixes are ".Z" and ".zoo", the first is Unix compressed, you ^^^^ Not quite... .zoo or .ZOO is an MS-DOS format. Unix may support it if you or your system admin have ported the ZOO source code. Using uncompress on a .ZOO file wont work (at least not on any un/compress programs Ive ever run across)... |> uncompress by simply using: uncompress file_name |> The "-e" option on the zoo utility on most Unix systems will remove and |> "unpack" any files in the archive... |> I dont know about a lot of other Unix users but our SYSV and BSD 4.3 systems here do not have a -e option... Guess yours is special... |> [...] Bruce (bkahn@archive.rtp.dg.com)
rond@pro-grouch.cts.com (Ron Dippold) (08/12/90)
In-Reply-To: message from bkahn@archive.rtp.dg.com > Not quite... .zoo or .ZOO is an MS-DOS format. Unix may support > it if you or your system admin have ported the ZOO source code. > Using uncompress on a .ZOO file wont work (at least not on any > un/compress programs Ive ever run across)... However, there is an UNZOO program for the Apple II (as well as UNARC and UNZIP)... UUCP: crash!pro-grouch!rond ARPA: crash!pro-grouch!rond@nosc.mil INET: rond@pro-grouch.cts.com
marekp@contact.UUCP (Marek Pawlowski) (08/12/90)
Bruce Kahn says some stuff about .zoo & .ZOO:
I merely insinuated that it is used on Unix sites as well.
Bruce Kahn - Re: "-e" flag
Oh did I ever goof. It's either:
zoo -extract filename.zoo
or
zoo e filename.zoo {note: no "-"}
Sorry for any confusion..
Marek Pawlowski
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"Send lawsuits, complaints, grudges, flames, sacrificial animals, and
court orders to the addresses listed below:"UCI137@URIACC.URI.EDU (Andy) (08/13/90)
BTW....What is GNU? I see it everywhere on FTP sites and have always
wondered...
Andy Kress
UCI137 at URIACCfrankl@xrtll.uucp (Frank Lemire) (08/14/90)
In article <9008121708.AA05521@apple.com> UCI137@URIACC.URI.EDU (Andy) writes: > > BTW....What is GNU? I see it everywhere on FTP sites and have always > wondered... > > > Andy Kress > UCI137 at URIACC GNU stands for Gnu's not UNIX. its a philosophy.. I'm not qualified to go into details about it, but I'm sure you could catch all you'd want to know about it on a *.unix newsgroup.. -- ._o -- Frank Lemire [zippo] -- zippo@contact.uucp [PREF] |> -- Toronto, Canada -- frankl@xrtll.uucp 4 --------------------------- !uunet.uu.net!contact!zippo
rond@pro-grouch.cts.com (Ron Dippold) (08/14/90)
In-Reply-To: message from UCI137@URIACC.URI.EDU > BTW....What is GNU? I see it everywhere on FTP sites and have always > wondered... GNU's a free UNIX replacement, with source code. GNU stands for GNU's Not UNIX... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UUCP: crash!pro-grouch!rond | "Where knowledge ends, ARPA: crash!pro-grouch!rond@nosc.mil | Religion begins" INET: rond@pro-grouch.cts.com | - Benjamin Disraeli
PYC121@URIACC.URI.EDU (Andy Kress) (02/22/91)
What is it and how do I unpack a file with the .tar extension? I
do NOT have access to a unix machine. I have to unpack it on my GS.
Is this possible? Specifically, I wanted to check out emacs for the
GS which happens to be .tar.Z . GSHK will take care of the Z but
what about the tar. Thanks in advance!
Andy Kress
PYC121 AT URIACC.URI.EDU
Apple II: The power to take over the world!gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) (02/23/91)
In article <9102212124.AA24505@apple.com> PYC121@URIACC.URI.EDU (Andy Kress) writes: > What is it and how do I unpack a file with the .tar extension? I > do NOT have access to a unix machine. I have to unpack it on my GS. > Is this possible? Specifically, I wanted to check out emacs for the > GS which happens to be .tar.Z . GSHK will take care of the Z but > what about the tar. Thanks in advance! I think you may be able to obtain a free implementation of an archiver that understands "tar" format from the GNU project, but in any case the "tar" archive format is really quite simple: The contained files are not compressed in any way, and each is preceded by a 512-byte header the first 100 bytes of which contain the file name in ASCIZ. The file size in bytes is contained in the 12 characters of the header starting at byte number 124 (0 origin). That is enough information to allow you to write a little program that unpacks most "tar" archives. Be sure to handle errors gracefully and to precreate any subdirectories that you might need to hold the extracted files, or else you'll have problems when the first nonexistent directory is encountered in the archive.