Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!emcard!wa4mei!nanovx!msa3b!kevin From: kevin@msa3b.UUCP (Kevin P. Kleinfelter) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Unix without tar? Message-ID: <1116@msa3b.UUCP> Date: 1 Sep 89 12:33:13 GMT References: <2402@auspex.auspex.com> Organization: Management Science America, Inc., Atlanta, GA Lines: 20 I find it MOST interesting to read that ALL machines have tar. I have an AT&T 3B2, with SYSV R3.2.1. It was purchased from, configured by, and delivered by AT&T. There is no tar. Tar is documented in the manual, but not delivered. Tar is listed as a "tape utility." 3B2s are delivered with a "Streaming Tape" and "streaming tape utilities." No "tape drive" means "no tape drive utilities" is the only explanation I have ever received. What is really cute, is that when I went to download GNU tar from osu-cis (a wonderful archive site!), I discovered that tar was only available in tar format! (Now why would I want tar if I already have tar.) I wrote a quick un-tar program, so I could use it. I have installed packages on my 3B2 which first install a tar, and then use tar to install the rest of the packate, so there must be other 3B2s without tar. -- Kevin Kleinfelter @ Management Science America, Inc (404) 239-2347 gatech!nanovx!msa3b!kevin