Dogcows Code - chaz/tar/blob - PORTS

   1 Ports of GNU tar and other tars
   2 See the end of file for copying conditions.
   3
   4 * Introduction
   5
   6   Most entries in this file are out of date, unfortunately. Such
   7   entries are marked with an `X'. Run grep '^\*\*[^X]' PORTS to
   8   extract valid entries.
   9
  10   Please write bug-tar@gnu.org if you are aware of various ports of GNU tar
  11   to non-GNU and non-Unix systems not listed here, or for corrections.
  12   Please provide the goal system, a complete and stable URL, the maintainer
  13   name and address, the tar version used as a base, and your comments.
  14
  15 * GNU/Linux and Unix
  16
  17 ** Star is a tape archiver similar to tar.
  18     <http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/star.html>
  19
  20 * Amiga
  21
  22 **X ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/systems/amiga/aminet/util/arc/GNUtar-1.11.8.lha
  23     maintained by Enrico Forestieri <enrico@com.unipr.it>
  24     Based on tar 1.11.8.
  25
  26 **X ftp://ftp.ninemoons.com/pub/ade/current/amiga-bin/tar-1.11.8-bin.lha
  27     maintained by the ADE group <fnf@fishpond.ninemoons.com>
  28     Based on tar 1.11.8, needs ixemul.library.
  29
  30 **X ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/systems/amiga/aminet/util/arc/gnutar.lha
  31     maintained by <mscheler@wuarchive.wustl.edu>
  32
  33 * DEC alpha (NT)
  34
  35 **X ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.20/windows/archiver/tar.zip
  36     maintained by Drew Bliss & Geoff Voelker
  37
  38 * DEC VAX (VMS)
  39
  40 **X http://www.lp.se/free/vmstar/
  41     maintained by Richard Levitte <levitte@lp.se>
  42     This is not GNU tar, but a separate implementation.
  43
  44 **  maintained by William Bader <william@nscs.fast.net>
  45     For V4.7.  Based on an old PDtar.  Requires compatible shared libraries
  46     to run V5 or V6 executables.
  47
  48 * IBM/PC (DV/X)
  49
  50 **X ftp://qdeck.com/ (?)
  51     maintained by David Ronis <ronis@gibbs.chem.mcgill.ca>
  52     For Desqview/X.  Everything works besides compression.  Copy of hacked
  53     sources available, some of DV/X's programmer's library also needed.
  54
  55 * IBM/PC (MSDOS)
  56
  57 **X http://www.simtel.net/simtel.net/
  58     http://www.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/pc/gnuish (Germany)
  59     ftp://ftp.simtel.net/simtelnet/gnu
  60     ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/pc/gnuish
  61     maintained by Darrel Hankerson <hankedr@mail.auburn.edu>
  62     You get many GNU tools, not only `tar'.  The GNUish project is described
  63     in `gnuish_t.htm'.
  64
  65 ** The DJGPP development tools also include some `tar' utilities.
  66
  67 **X ftp://ftp.mcs.com/mcsnet.users/les/dos-gnutar/
  68     maintained by Leslie Mikesell <les@mcs.net>
  69     Based on tar 1.11.2.  Support for SCSI (via ASPI) and network (rsh over
  70     packet driver). No support for win95 long file names.
  71
  72 **X ftp://ftp.wu-wien.ac.at/pub/src/PCmisc/aspi-tar/*
  73     maintained by Christoph Splittgerber <chris@orion.sdata.de>
  74     Based on tar 1.10.  Support for SCSI (via ASPI).
  75
  76 **X ftp://wuarchive (?)
  77     Several DOS version based on PDtar.  John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com> says
  78     he has copies of several vintages saved.
  79
  80 **X ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.14/languages/ada/toolkit/msdos/gtar/gtar.exe
  81     ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.14/languages/ada/toolkit/msdos/gtar/gtar.taz
  82     ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.14/languages/ada/toolkit/msdos/gtar/gtar.zip
  83
  84 **X ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.4/os2/archiver/tar.zip
  85     Based on PDtar.
  86
  87 **X ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.20/windows/archiver/tar.zip
  88     maintained by Drew Bliss & Geoff Voelker
  89     GNU tar for NT (intel and Alpha platforms).
  90
  91 ** ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/unix/untgz095.zip
  92     maintained by Tillmann Steinbrecher <tst@darmstadt.netsurf.de>
  93     The `untgz' program is a fast .tar or .tar.gz (.tgz) extractor.
  94
  95 **X http://people.darmstadt.netsurf.de/tst/tar.htm
  96     maintained by Tillmann Steinbrecher <tst@darmstadt.netsurf.de>
  97     This is not a `tar' port, but an index of them.
  98
  99 * IBM/PC (OS/2)
 100
 101 **X http://www.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/gnu/archiver/gtar254.zip
 102     http://www.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/gnu/archiver/gtak254.zip
 103     maintained by Andreas Kaiser <Andreas.Kaiser@stuttgart.netsurf.de>
 104     Version 2.54.  Based on tar 1.10.  The second archive contains SCSI
 105     drivers (DAT streamers notably) and rmt-type programs.
 106
 107 * IBM/PC (Win32: Windows 95, NT 3.5 or NT 4.0)
 108
 109 **X ftp://ftp.cygnus.com:~ftp/pub/sac/win32/usersrc/*
 110     maintained by Cygnus
 111     GNU-Win32 B17.1 distribution.  Download all files, `cat' them together,
 112     and `untar' the result.  You get many GNU tools, not only `tar'.
 113     Based on tar 1.11.2.
 114
 115 **X ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.20/windows/archiver/tar.zip
 116     maintained by Drew Bliss & Geoff Voelker
 117     GNU tar for NT (intel and Alpha platforms).
 118
 119 ** ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/unix/untgz095.zip
 120     maintained by Tillmann Steinbrecher <tst@darmstadt.netsurf.de>
 121     The `untgz' program is a fast .tar or .tar.gz (.tgz) extractor.
 122
 123 * IBM/PC (Windows 3.1)
 124
 125 **X ftp://ftp.mcs.com/mcsnet.users/les/win-gnutar/
 126     maintained by Leslie Mikesell <les@mcs.net>
 127     Support for network (rsh over winsock).  No support for win95 long
 128     file names.
 129
 130 **X ftp://ftp.gamesdomain.ru/.1/os/windows/programr/tar.zip
 131     Based on GNU tar 1.11.2.
 132
 133 * Macintosh
 134
 135 ** Paulo Abreu (paulotex at yahoo dot com) did a
 136    limited port of GNU tar to Darwin, with support for resource forks
 137    and finder info, but this no longer seems to be available.
 138
 139 ** There is a tar in Stuffit Expander which is available many places and
 140    comes with MacOS.  It creates some spurious files but works on average.
 141
 142 ** There is an excellent GNU tar bundled in Tenon MachTen, but it does not
 143    seem to be available separately.
 144
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 146 * Copyright notice
 147
 148   Copyright (C) 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 149
 150   This file is part of GNU tar.
 151
 152   GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 153   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 154   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
 155   any later version.
 156
 157   GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 158   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 159   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 160   GNU General Public License for more details.
 161
 162   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 163   along with GNU tar; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
 164   the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 165   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 166
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