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I ported GNU tar to MS-DOS and OS/2. There already was a MS-DOS port
included but it was VERY incomplete and had many bugs. I added a direct
disk interface which allows to read directly Unix floppy disks.
Use the -0 and -1 options for the first and second floppy drive or the
special filenames "0:" and "1:" together with -f.
Examples:
tar tv0
tar -cv -1 .
tar tvf 0:
and so on
Note:
For using with OS/2 protected mode, place DISKACC.DLL somewhere into a
directory listed in your LIBPATH. The .EXE file is the SAME for MS-DOS and
OS/2 protected mode.
Please report bugs and problems to me.
Kai Uwe Rommel
Munich
rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de
PS:
Use plain tex for formatting the manual, tar.tex then includes the texinfo
macro library itself.
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October 1990:
While adapting the port to version 1.09 I added HPFS support for long
filenames and case preserving. But for extraction onto a FAT disk,
names are still translated (this code was enhanced).
Kai Uwe Rommel
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New files:
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readme.1st this file
patches.os2 apply with patch and -l option
makefile makefile for DOS & OS/2 version (old one is makefile.std)
dir.h unix directory routines
dir_os2.c "
diskacc/*.* physical disk access routines (DLL + API simulation)
disktape.c "tape on a disk" simulation instead of remote tapes support
tar.cs compiler shell script
tar.def module definition file
tar.bad list of protect-only calls for BIND
cwild.c better command line expansion
glob.c "
isfat.c FAT/HPFS detection
dosname.c file name translation for FAT