Return-Path: <@SEGATE.SUNET.SE:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0sZXi9-0000ZFC; Sat, 22 Jul 95 09:06 EET DST Message-Id: Received: from segate.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v0.1a) with SMTP id 5A7FFA91 ; Sat, 22 Jul 1995 8:05:20 +0200 Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 01:09:16 -0500 Reply-To: "Steven M. Belknap" Sender: Lojban list From: "Steven M. Belknap" Subject: Re: *.tar To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 1707 Lines: 41 >This kind of file is a Unix archive, and you need an emulation of the Unix >tar command to break it out. In the Unix world, what we in the PC/Mac worlds >do with one command (zip), the Unix world takes two steps "tar" to collect the >files into one file, and then compress/gzip to compress it. > >You can probably find a "tar" utility somewhere on thhe net if you look. >I have a pc version, but you presumably want a Mac version. > Bingo. I like the new designation for a doubly encoded file on the ftp archive. .tar.gz This is clearer. Macintosh tools for mucking about with decompressions/compressions can be found @ www.matisse.net/files/formats.html This points to wwwhost.ots.utexas.edu/mac where tar 3.0 for the mac os 7.0 and higher can be found. Just in case any other Macintoshers need these things. Incidently, there is a pretty good Unix like animal called CLImate from Orchard Software Box 380814 Cambridge MA 02238-0814 voice 617/876-4608 which allows macs to do command line interface things rather nicely. Just the thing for greps, etc. NetScape reads the individual files just fine. Is there a way to build an index file so the behavior is the same as the http page? (Not really important, but just curious. Haven't played around with html much, except to adjust someone else's code.) Thanks to Phillip Pfaffman, lojbab & Richard Kennaway for helpful hints. Might be a good idea to post some of this info somewhere for future non-Unix people stumbling around in the dark -Steven Steven M. Belknap, M.D. Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Medicine University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria email: sbelknap@uic.edu Voice: 309/671-3403 Fax: 309/671-8413