Re: [MacPerl] [off-topic] tar answer

["Jay Bedsole" <rwdd30@email.sps.mot.com>]

Peter asks:

> I am wondering where might I have missed a newer version that
> employs binary vs text heuristic(s) to extract text and bin
> files from an archive (something rumoured to exist out there ;-)?

Well, I'm not sure which program, specifically, you were referring
to, however I use Suntar 2.0.5 (it's kinda old, so there may be a
newer version). It's smart enough to convert the EOLNs between
Mac and unix operating systems, plus can encode data and resource
forks of Mac binaries. It does this on the fly and seems to work
very well in my experiences. It's very configurable and can write
to SCSI drives (I've tried), floppies (tried), tapes (not tried),
and remotely mounted volumes (not tried). It can also extract a
number of archive formats (MacBinary, BinHex, uuencode and PackIt
are mentioned, plus of course, tar for Mac, unix and DOS platforms).

It's freeware, but I'm not 100% sure where to find it... you can
look as well as I can. However, if all else fails you could try
the author's email address (from the documentation):

              speranza@cirfid.unibo.it

I often use it to tar up batches of files for ftp to a unix box.
Works like a charm.


cheers,
jay