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- From: joungwoo@mensa.usc.edu (John Kim)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: (Q) How to retrieve unix tar file on Mac
- Date: 17 Nov 1992 02:49:57 -0800
- Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- joungwoo@mensa.usc.edu (John Kim) writes:
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- >Does anybody know how to retrieve a UNIX tar file on Mac preserving the file
- >directory hierarchy? I'm trying to download of a bunch of common lisp files
- >on a UNIX file hierarchy to my Mac, and I wish I could do this while somehow
- >automatically converting UNIX directories into Mac folders.
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- >Any good ways to do this or info about a program which does this will be
- >appreciated.
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- >Please email me directly.
-
- >Thanks in advance.
-
- >John
- >--
- >Joung-woo John Kim joungwoo@mensa.usc.edu
- >Computer Science Dept.
- >University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0781
-
- A kind soul posted the solutions right away:
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- sol1: use freeware suntar 1.3.2 on sumex-aim's info-mac
- sol2: if my mac is running MacTCP (ie, has FTP protocol), use fetch command
- to download.
-
- Thank you.
-
- John
- --
- Joung-woo John Kim joungwoo@mensa.usc.edu
- Computer Science Dept.
- University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0781
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