Date:	Mon, 15 Jul 1996 11:05:54 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com
Cc:	lolo AT einev0 DOT einev DOT ch, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Untar under dos
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On Sun, 14 Jul 1996 j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com wrote:

> If you'd like to get djtar without installing DJGPP, pick up the files
> 'djdev200.zip' and 'csdpmi2b.zip' and install only 'djtar*.exe' and
> 'cwsdpmi.exe' in the same directory.  You can discard the rest of the
> files.  (Eli, DJ:  Am I correct in this?)

Yes, this seems to be correct (although I never actually tried to only 
install these, so I might miss something).

> There are also many other DOS tar utilties out there on the Net; tryany
> SimTel mirror.

Most of the tar clones for DOS cannot unzip a .tar.gz archive on-the-fly.

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