Re: Help! How to get tar to read UNIX archives??

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From: Seng-Poh Lee, Speedy
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 15:08

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Conor McMenamin (mppu3@syma.sussex.ac.uk) wrote:
> Hi,
> 	Does anyone out there use Unix tar on 1.44Mb floppies to
> transfer files to a PC? If so could you tell me how to do it, because I

There is a set of tools for Unix called 'mtools' that will read and
write PC format disks.  This might be a better solution than tar. It
compiles under Sun, Xenix, and a bunch of other *nixes. Available at
all major sites.

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Seng-Poh Lee    <splee@pd.org>

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