* Ports of GNU tar and other micro-tars -*- outline -*- Please write tar-bugs@gnu.org if you are aware of various ports of GNU tar to non-Unix systems not listed here, or for corrections. Please provide the goal system, a complete and stable URL, the maintainer name and address, the tar version used as a base, and your comments. .* Amiga . + ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/systems/amiga/aminet/util/arc/GNUtar-1.11.8.lha maintained by Enrico Forestieri Based on tar 1.11.8. . + ftp://ftp.ninemoons.com/pub/ade/current/amiga-bin/tar-1.11.8-bin.lha maintained by the ADE group Based on tar 1.11.8, needs ixemul.library. . + ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/systems/amiga/aminet/util/arc/gnutar.lha maintained by .* DEC alpha (NT) . + ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.20/windows/archiver/tar.zip maintained by Drew Bliss & Geoff Voelker .* DEC VAX (VMS) . + http://www.lp.se/free/vmstar/ maintained by Richard Levitte This is not GNU tar, but a separate implementation. . + maintained by William Bader For V4.7. Based on an old PDtar. Requires compatible shared libraries to run V5 or V6 executables. .* IBM/PC (DV/X) . + ftp://qdeck.com/ (?) maintained by David Ronis For Desqview/X. Everything works besides compression. Copy of hacked sources available, some of DV/X's programmer's library also needed. .* IBM/PC (MSDOS) . + http://www.simtel.net/simtel.net/ http://www.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/pc/gnuish (Germany) ftp://ftp.simtel.net/simtelnet/gnu ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/pc/gnuish maintained by Darrel Hankerson You get many GNU tools, not only `tar'. The GNUish project is described in `gnuish_t.htm'. . + The DJGPP development tools also include some `tar' utilities. . + ftp://ftp.mcs.com/mcsnet.users/les/dos-gnutar/ maintained by Leslie Mikesell Based on tar 1.11.2. Support for SCSI (via ASPI) and network (rsh over packet driver). No support for win95 long file names. . + ftp://ftp.wu-wien.ac.at:pub/src/PCmisc/aspi-tar/* maintained by Christoph Splittgerber Based on tar 1.10. Support for SCSI (via ASPI). . + ftp://wuarchive (?) Several DOS version based on PDtar. John Gilmore says he has copies of several vintages saved. . + ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.14/languages/ada/toolkit/msdos/gtar/gtar.exe ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.14/languages/ada/toolkit/msdos/gtar/gtar.taz ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.14/languages/ada/toolkit/msdos/gtar/gtar.zip . + ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.4/os2/archiver/tar.zip Based on PDtar. . + ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.20/windows/archiver/tar.zip maintained by Drew Bliss & Geoff Voelker GNU tar for NT (intel and Alpha platforms). . + ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/unix/untgz095.zip maintained by Tillmann Steinbrecher The `untgz' program is a fast .tar or .tar.gz (.tgz) extractor. . + http://people.darmstadt.netsurf.de/tst/tar.htm maintained by Tillmann Steinbrecher This is not a `tar' port, but an index of them. .* IBM/PC (OS/2) . + http://www.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/gnu/archiver/gtar254.zip http://www.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/gnu/archiver/gtak254.zip maintained by Andreas Kaiser Version 2.54. Based on tar 1.10. The second archive contains SCSI drivers (DAT streamers notably) and rmt-type programs. . + ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/unix/untgz095.zip maintained by Tillmann Steinbrecher The `untgz' program is a fast .tar or .tar.gz (.tgz) extractor. .* IBM/PC (Win32: Windows 95, NT 3.5 or NT 4.0) . + ftp://ftp.cygnus.com:~ftp/pub/sac/win32/usersrc/* maintained by Cygnus GNU-Win32 B17.1 distribution. Download all files, `cat' them together, and `untar' the result. You get many GNU tools, not only `tar'. Based on tar 1.11.2. . + ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.20/windows/archiver/tar.zip maintained by Drew Bliss & Geoff Voelker GNU tar for NT (intel and Alpha platforms). . + ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/unix/untgz095.zip maintained by Tillmann Steinbrecher The `untgz' program is a fast .tar or .tar.gz (.tgz) extractor. .* IBM/PC (Windows 3.1) . + ftp://ftp.mcs.com/mcsnet.users/les/win-gnutar/ maintained by Leslie Mikesell Support for network (rsh over winsock). No support for win95 long file names. . + ftp://ftp.gamesdomain.ru/.1/os/windows/programr/tar.zip Based on GNU tar 1.11.2. .* Macintosh . + There is a tar in Stuffit Expander which is available many places and comes with MacOS. It creates some spurious files but works on average. . + There is an excellent GNU tar bundled in Tenon MachTen, but it does not seem to be available separately.