Re: [MacPerl] .TAR

[Brian McNett <webmaster@mycoinfo.com>]

Chris Nandor, <pudge@pobox.com> wrote:

> The utils that come with it, however, only handle .tar.gz, I think, not
> .tar by itself.  This is easily modified to handle straight .tar files.  It
> is just a flag passed to the tar routine to turn on handling off the .gz
> part.

Actually, they work just fine on straight .tar files.  I use them on 
things I've D/L'd through Netscape (which ungzips them with MacGZip).  
Works like a dream.

So you did a better job than you thought!

--B

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