Path: utzoo!mnetor!geac!jtsv16!gerry
From: gerry@jts.com (G. Roderick Singleton )
Newsgroups: alt.sources.d
Subject: Re: tar(1) for personal computers?
Keywords: smaller than gnutar? tar sans tape?
Message-ID: <1990Sep22.225206.4763@jts.com>
Date: 22 Sep 90 22:52:06 GMT
References: <1990Sep14.132344.19099@cbnewse.att.com>
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In article <1990Sep14.132344.19099@cbnewse.att.com> macduff@cbnewse.att.com (Roger R. Espinosa) writes:
>
>Hi.
>
>Having found myself suddenly wanting to download lotsa files to 
>my machine at home, I was wondering if there was C source to a 
>smaller tar(1) command -- I've sen GNU tar, and frankly, it's much
>more than I need: the ability to extract/create (maybe) tar files. 
>GNU tar has lots of UNIX-specific stuff, dealing with tapes and 
>devices, which won't translate at all to the home machine.

see below.
>
>I really *need* C source -- the machine at home isn't an IBM-type,
>isn't a Macintosh, isn't an Amiga, so any known executable type
>files for these sources won't help me. :-(
>
I still run a cp/m-based system so I know what you mean.

>(It's an Acorn, actually, and I doubt anyone's got archives for 'em
>this side of the Atlantic, but heck, if anyone has 'em...:-)

The 6502 version or the Z80?  (Just curious.)

If you check the GNU tar sources you'll find it's compilable for Poisonous
Computer DOS (aka PC/MSDOS).  In this incarnation its quite small and works
only with files.  This version was done before the author placed it under
GNU and can probably be adapted to your platform if your compiler is
close to V7 complience.

ger
It's probably the best starting point you have until someone supplies
an Acorn version.

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