I may be wrong, but I believe that the "original" PKZIP utilities supported tar files. I haven't used them in a couple of years. Maybe someone else on the list could clarify.
Regards, Danny Carter ----- Original Message ----- From: "guitarlynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 9:43 AM Subject: Re: [leaf-user] file system problems. > On Thursday 05 September 2002 23:57, S Mohan wrote: > > Winzip reads tar but does not write tar. Saving is in zip format > > perforce. If I'm wrong, please let me know. > > Ok, I was attempting to remember...... I used to have WinZip, SuperZip, > or some other zip program from around 1996 that would rw tar files, > I just figured that it was built in WinZip with its popularity. As > pointed out by others, WinZip doesn't support tar but other Zip > programs do; this still sounds like the easiest workaround short of > Cygwin. > > I guess I should have kept my mouth shut, I haven't had a Win Desktop > for over 2 years now and my wife doesn't care much for me using her > box .....<rant> stupid, stupid machine </rant>. The SuSE "liveval" CD's > have kept me pacified when there isn't another option. ;-)~~~~ > > Thx for the corrections/alternate applications everyone! > -- > > ~Lynn Avants > aka Guitarlynn > > guitarlynn at users.sourceforge.net > http://leaf.sourceforge.net > > If linux isn't the answer, you've probably got the wrong question! > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old > cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! > https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
