From:	Darryl Okahata <darrylo AT sr DOT hp DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: ANNOUNCE: GNU tar 1.12 uploaded
Date:	23 Oct 1997 14:21:53 -0700
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> writes:

> Missing
> -------
> 
>   The following (short) list explains what functions are missing from
> this port:

     It would also be nice if someone could merge the ASPI support from
Les Miskell's (sp?) old version of GNU tar for MSDOS, so that SCSI tape
devices could be used.  I think his version also handles remote tape
access (on Unix hosts).

     The old sources (Turbo C?) and binaries still seem to be available
under:

	ftp://ftp.mcs.com/mcsnet.users/les/dos-gnutar/

I think the only real problem with this version is that it doesn't
handle long filenames (it was written before VFAT & Win95).

     -- Darryl Okahata
	Internet: darrylo AT sr DOT hp DOT com

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