Short: DeTar for Amiga (68000/030) V1.3, incl. source Author: Andreas_Kleinert@t-online.de Uploader: Andreas_Kleinert t-online de Type: util/arc Replaces: DeTar12.lha Architecture: m68k-amigaos DeTar V1.3 - PUBLIC DOMAIN - ported and re-written in 1994-97 by Andreas R. Kleinert. based on code for MS-DOS written in 1988 by Steve R. Sampson This program was written under OS V3.1 and is therefore fully compatible. It needs OS V1.2+. Release Date : 27.10.1997 Function/Usage : ================ "DeTar" extracts Unix Tar-Archives and may - not very well - also list their contents. Extracting : DeTar [Archive-Name] Listing : DeTar d [Archive-Name] Often Tar-Files have been "zipped" with GZip, after that changing their extension to ".tgz". Just extract the original Archive with "GZip" and then use "DeTar" on them. "detar" for MS-DOS has been written in 1988 by Steve R. Sampson and bases on the originally public domain TAR program by John Gilmore. [ please download and refer to DeTar.doc for further information ]