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From: boykin@custom.UUCP (Joseph Boykin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Tar format question
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Date: Tue, 11-Aug-87 12:52:26 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 11 12:52:26 1987
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Summary: See POSIX standard

> 	Can someone give me details on how to read a tar-format tape on a 
> non-Unix machine?

The IEEE P1003.1 POSIX standard has a section on TAR format.
I wrote it about two years ago and it has been revised a
few times in committee.

I've written a TAR for Data General AOS/VS and MS-DOS so, from
experience, you shouldn't have too much trouble writing one for
other OS's.

Joe Boykin
Custom Software Systems
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