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  1. Title:            EXTAR
  2. Author:            Alun Jones <auj@aber.ac.uk>
  3. Version:        1.0
  4. Title From:        Documentation
  5. Author From:        Documentation
  6. Version From:        Documentation
  7. Supplier:        Alun Jones <auj@aber.ac.uk>
  8. Date:            01/06/96
  9. Keywords:        File extraction programs
  10. Shareware:        No
  11. Machine:        Archimedes
  12. Operating system:    RISCOS
  13. Memory requirements:    
  14. Peripherals needed:    
  15. Other s/ware needed:    ANSI C compiler
  16. Directory:        micros/arch/riscos/e104
  17. Date mounted/updated:    07/06/96
  18. File names:        extar.tar
  19. Unarchived files:    4
  20. Unarchived size:    20 kbytes
  21. Omissions:        
  22. See also:        
  23.  
  24. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  25.  
  26. Acquiring the package:
  27.  
  28. Download the archive file(s) and extract using SparkPlug 2
  29. (see the "tools_help" file in micros/arch/riscos/tools for further info).
  30.  
  31.  
  32. Description:
  33.  
  34. extar.c is a tar extractor for Unix which knows about RISC OS filenames.
  35. You can control its handling of filenames by setting two environment
  36. variables:
  37.  
  38. ARCSWAP - This contains a colon separated list of directory names which
  39. should be swapped for files.
  40.  
  41. ARCDOT - This contains a colon separated list of filenames which should be
  42. combined with their directory name to make a dot-extension. This is used
  43. mainly by *TeX.
  44.