ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (06/28/91)
In article <1991Jun27.010959.7882@nevada.edu> pitchfor@nevada.edu (DON PITCHFORD) writes: > > As the subject says, I'm looking for a DOS version of uudecode and >uncompress. Also, tar would be nice :-) If anyone knows where I can ftp : An extract from /pc/ts/tsfaq21.arc Frequently Asked Questions available from garbo.uwasa.fi, simtel20, and their mirrors: From: ts@uwasa.fi Subject: MsDos compress for .Z files, etc Date: Fri 21 Jun 00:00:23 1991 23. ***** Q: Where can I find compress for MsDos to handle .Z files? Q2: Is there a tar for MsDos? A: Unix has compress, uncompress and zcat programs to pack or unpack files which are given the .Z extension. These files can also be handled under MsDos using for example /pc/unix/comp430d.zip, which is available from anonymous FTP sites like garbo.uwasa.fi, SIMTEL20, etc. There is one useful trick if you uncompress on MsDos such text files that have been made on Unix with compress. Unix and MsDos have different eolns (end of lines). You can extract a Unix compressed text file as follows comp430d -d -c YourZFile | unix2pc > YourOutputFile where unix2pc.exe is taken from /pc/ts/tsfilt17.arc (or whatever is the current version number). While we are at it let's look at two similar questions of MsDos counterparts for Unix file handling. Uuencoding and uudecoding is a common method to handle files so that they can be sent as ordinary ascii email. There are several utilities for uu(en/de)coding files on a PC in our /pc/decode directory. One that I can recommend in uuexe413.zip, which has an option to use formats like the one employed in the comp.binaries.ibm.pc binary postings. Yet another often queried counterpart for Unix is tar for MsDos. See our directory /pc/unix for tar extractor utilities such as extar10.zip (or whatever version number is current). If you have a *.tar.Z file, you'll first have to uncompress it and then untar it. On MsDos this requires a bit of juggling with the file names, since MsDos can handle only one point (.) in a file name. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ..................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun