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- This is a patched version of GNUTAR. It differs from the original
- version in only one aspect: it works with FLAT:. This archive does
- also contain a new version of the FLAT-device. The docs are missing
- and can be found with the normal distribution of FLAT:. Several bugs
- have been fixed.
-
- Now what is the use of all this ? I use these two to transfer files
- from the HP-UX workstations at the university to my Amiga. There are two
- reasons for using tar over doscp: 1. Tar is ten times faster (30 seconds
- per Disk, DD or HD instead of over 5 Minutes) and 2. tar automatically
- splits large files and concatenates them afterwards. On HP I use this
- command to create the disks:
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- tar cvvMf /dev/rdsk0 <files ...>
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- You need GNUTAR there, too. With HP tar (which is not so comfortable)
- try:
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- tar cvvf /dev/rdsk0 <files...>
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- The options mean: c - create new archive. vv - be very verbose, ie.
- show what files you are working on right now and how long they
- are. f - use the next thing as device-name. BEWARE: tar cvvfM will
- create a file called "M" consisting of the contents of /dev/rdsk0
- and all other files ! M - Multi-volume archive. This means: if
- one disk is not enough, ask for the next one. HP tar asks for a new
- device in that case, so you have to type "/dev/rdsk0" all the time
- instead of just pressing <return>.
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- If you want to check your work:
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- tar tvvMf /dev/rdsk0
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- No need to name the files again and you must omit the "M" if you use
- HP tar. t - test archive. This is the same as listing it.
-
- On Amiga, you can extract it with
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- tar xvvMf FLAT:PCx
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- where <PCx> is a CrossDOS-Device like PC0:. It may work with MessyDos,
- too, but I have not checked that. x - extract from archive To create an
- archive on Amiga:
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- tar cvvf flat:pc2 <files ...>
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- Note that no wildcards are allowed and that no multi-volume archives
- are possible due to a remaining bug in either FLAT: or CrossDOS...
-
- Have fun,
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- Aaron "Optimizer" Digulla
-