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Re: TAR Format

#108
From: Gerald W. Lester
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 17:43
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In article <715849274.F00001@blkcat.UUCP>, Paul.Robinson@f417.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Paul Robinson) writes:
>Does anyone know where to get sources for the TAR archiver so that  
>someone can extract files from a .TAR archive?  

There have been TAR programs on the SIG tapes for the last couple of years.

>Also I want to find out where to obtain the sources to COMPRESS,
>which creates files with the .Z extension on Unix. 

There have been COMPRESS/UNCOMPRESS programs on the SIG tapes for the last
couple of years.


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