Ports of GNU tar and other tars
See the end of file for copying conditions.
* Introduction
Most entries in this file are out of date, unfortunately. Such
entries are marked with an `X'. Run grep '^\*\*[^X]' PORTS to
extract valid entries.
Please write bug-tar@gnu.org if you are aware of various ports of GNU tar
to non-GNU and 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.
* GNU/Linux and Unix
** Star is a tape archiver similar to tar.
<http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/star.html>
* Amiga
**X ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/systems/amiga/aminet/util/arc/GNUtar-1.11.8.lha
maintained by Enrico Forestieri <enrico@com.unipr.it>
Based on tar 1.11.8.
**X ftp://ftp.ninemoons.com/pub/ade/current/amiga-bin/tar-1.11.8-bin.lha
maintained by the ADE group <fnf@fishpond.ninemoons.com>
Based on tar 1.11.8, needs ixemul.library.
**X ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/systems/amiga/aminet/util/arc/gnutar.lha
maintained by <mscheler@wuarchive.wustl.edu>
* DEC alpha (NT)
**X ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.20/windows/archiver/tar.zip
maintained by Drew Bliss & Geoff Voelker
* DEC VAX (VMS)
**X http://www.lp.se/free/vmstar/
maintained by Richard Levitte <levitte@lp.se>
This is not GNU tar, but a separate implementation.
** maintained by William Bader <william@nscs.fast.net>
For V4.7. Based on an old PDtar. Requires compatible shared libraries
to run V5 or V6 executables.
* IBM/PC (DV/X)
**X ftp://qdeck.com/ (?)
maintained by David Ronis <ronis@gibbs.chem.mcgill.ca>
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)
**X 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 <hankedr@mail.auburn.edu>
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.
**X ftp://ftp.mcs.com/mcsnet.users/les/dos-gnutar/
maintained by Leslie Mikesell <les@mcs.net>
Based on tar 1.11.2. Support for SCSI (via ASPI) and network (rsh over
packet driver). No support for win95 long file names.
**X ftp://ftp.wu-wien.ac.at/pub/src/PCmisc/aspi-tar/*
maintained by Christoph Splittgerber <chris@orion.sdata.de>
Based on tar 1.10. Support for SCSI (via ASPI).
**X ftp://wuarchive (?)
Several DOS version based on PDtar. John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com> says
he has copies of several vintages saved.
**X 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
**X ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.4/os2/archiver/tar.zip
Based on PDtar.
**X 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 <tst@darmstadt.netsurf.de>
The `untgz' program is a fast .tar or .tar.gz (.tgz) extractor.
**X http://people.darmstadt.netsurf.de/tst/tar.htm
maintained by Tillmann Steinbrecher <tst@darmstadt.netsurf.de>
This is not a `tar' port, but an index of them.
* IBM/PC (OS/2)
**X 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 <Andreas.Kaiser@stuttgart.netsurf.de>
Version 2.54. Based on tar 1.10. The second archive contains SCSI
drivers (DAT streamers notably) and rmt-type programs.
* IBM/PC (Win32: Windows 95, NT 3.5 or NT 4.0)
**X 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.
**X 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 <tst@darmstadt.netsurf.de>
The `untgz' program is a fast .tar or .tar.gz (.tgz) extractor.
* IBM/PC (Windows 3.1)
**X ftp://ftp.mcs.com/mcsnet.users/les/win-gnutar/
maintained by Leslie Mikesell <les@mcs.net>
Support for network (rsh over winsock). No support for win95 long
file names.
**X ftp://ftp.gamesdomain.ru/.1/os/windows/programr/tar.zip
Based on GNU tar 1.11.2.
* Macintosh
** Paulo Abreu (paulotex at yahoo dot com) did a
limited port of GNU tar to Darwin, with support for resource forks
and finder info, but this no longer seems to be available.
** 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.
* Copyright notice
Copyright (C) 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GNU tar.
GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
any later version.
GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with GNU tar; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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