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On 9/2/2020 12:53 PM, Bill Stewart wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 8:58 AM Douglas Coup wrote:
>
> But if I use tar from a DOS window ...
> Surely you don't mean DOS? DOS doesn't exist in Windows any more (unless
> you are using an emulator like DosBox or a VM).
>
> Do you mean a cmd.exe console window? (cmd.exe is a Windows console-mode
> program that, despite appearances, is not "DOS." DOS was a real-mode
> single-tasking operating system.)
>
> Bill
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Yes, a cmd.exe console window.

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Doug Coup

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