From: wonko@yabbs
To: jmac@yabbs
Subject: re: tar
Date: Wed Nov 24 08:19:29 1993

ok, quick blurb on gzip and tar.

first tar:  if you are familiar with UNIX's tar then you will have no
problems useing this version of tar.  except for the fact that it is 
somewhat picky about the order you put some command line switches it is 
exactly like the unix version.  very nice program, you can tar stuff that
can be untarred on unix as well as the other way.

gzip: again, exactly like the unix version, i don't know the rules for 
what extention it gives to unzipped files because as a general rule of 
thumb when you are gzipping something it is one file.  come to think of it 
i don't think you can zip up more than one file like  pkzip or arj lets 
you do.  but that is because it is related to the unix version.  so what i 
am trying to say (what am i trying to say?? i don't know it's too fucking 
early) is that usually a gzipped file is a tarred file to begin with.  so 
when you copy blurb.tar.gz to a valid dos name call it blurb.tgz anf this 
version of tar will decompress it to blurb.tar from where you can use 
tar.exe to untar it.

i hope that made sense, kinda did to me and i konw what i am talking 
about. sheesh.

-wonko

ps- if i have a copy of them with me today (i have to check) i will post 
them today yet. if not you will have to wait till friday as i am not in on 
thursdays.