From: jqb AT netcom DOT com (Jim Balter)
Subject: Re: PAX? (was: Any opinions of tar and gzip vs. pkzip?)
24 Jan 1997 13:20:55 -0800
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Greg Shubin wrote:
> 
> Stefan Trcek wrote:
> 
> > pkzip and any other dos/windows packer can extract files without
> > extracting the archive (e.g. the readme).  tar/gzip are uncomfortable
> > and time consuming in this case.
> 
> Are there any versions of pax available for gnu-win32?

pax comes with Windows NT.  I think it is also downloadable from
the MS ftp site, and available on the Resource Kit CD.

Also, the GNU cpio supports several flavors of cpio and tar formats;
I think it is compatible with pax.

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