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Date: | Tue, 30 Jun 1998 20:11:53 -0400 (EDT) |
Message-Id: | <199807010011.UAA04454@delorie.com> |
From: | DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> |
To: | nate AT cartsys DOT com |
CC: | djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com |
In-reply-to: | <359956B7.A4C72A33@cartsys.com> (message from Nate Eldredge on |
Tue, 30 Jun 1998 14:20:55 -0700) | |
Subject: | Re: djgpp alpha 980628 |
> Is there even still a need for djtar, since a port of GNU tar now > exists? Hate to invalidate all that work, but... GNU tar doesn't rename files as they're extracted to fit 8.3 conventions. Also, djtar handles .tar.gz and .zip without needing extra programs, and handles multi-floppy dd'd tar sets.
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