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   6   Most entries in this file are out of date, unfortunately.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, 2007 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 3, 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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
 165   Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 166
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