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From: reich@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Dick Reichenbach)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: archiving under MSDOS and UNIX
Summary: Will TAR really work?
Keywords: arichive, Unix, MSDOS
Message-ID: <1990Dec22.184424.3313@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu>
Date: 22 Dec 90 18:44:24 GMT
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In article <1990Dec20.203302.5232@afs-news.utc.chalmers.se> dahlstr@hus.chalmers.se () writes:
>Why not use COMPRESS/UNCOMPRESS and TAR together, i have both of those program for MS-DOS and UNIX.
>
This question is slightly off the beaten path, but will TAR work on compiled
binaries.  I have TAR, but I have only used it on text files.  What about 
shell archives, will they handle binaries?

I suppose if worse became worst, one could uuencode the binary file, and then
TAR it.
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