sorry, I was unclear in previous posting
this tarw-1.0.5 is a "perl script" not a "shell script"(as was written
on the authors page.
NAME
tarw - Wrapper for the unix tar/gnutar command
SYNTAX
tarw [-]{cx}[fmopvzRD] [tarwfile] file1 [file2...]
Additional Functionality:
-D Process Mac extended desktop information like creator,
type and attributes (invisible, locked, etc.)
-R Process Mac resource forks, using /rsrc notation.
additional comments
# The purpose for "gnutar" is because
# the standard version of tar that comes in Darwin does not support
writing
# to the resource fork using the "/rsrc" notation. However, if you are
# creating a file to be sent to a system that does not understand
resource
# forks you should not have to worry. I have also provided two
additional options
# "R" and "D" these allow you to choose to process resource and desktop
# information respectively. This way you can create a file with both
# resource and desktop information for distribution on a mac. And then
you can
# remove the -RD options to extract the files on any system inclucding
SUN,
# Linux, etc.
I find...
/usr/bin/gnutar #installed by Apple 10.1
./gnutar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.13
gnutar installed by fink
gnutar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.13.19
the version on 10.04
somewhere in strings.....
$OpenBSD: tar.c,v 1.12 1997/09/01 18:30:03 deraadt Exp $
@(#)PROGRAM:pax PROJECT:file_cmds-45 DEVELOPER:root BUILT:Fri Feb 16
19:58:50 PST 2001
kind of broken....
Caveats:
# Make sure that any archive that you create with "tarw" you also extract
# with "tarw". Because this program has been written in Perl it should
# be able to run on all systems with perl, gzip, gzcat, and gnutar it is
# possible if need be to alter the locations of the given cmds in
"$cmds" as
# well as use different cmds as well.
# Make sure you do plenty of testing before actually using this for live
data
# I have done some testing on my own but I have yet to attempt copying
the
# entire root drive and restoring it in another loccation. I think it
would
# work very well to backup and restore, copy, share or relocate a users
directory.
# My greatest use for this function is to copy files that I have worked
on
# from home to work and vice versa.
#
# Again please test before using, it should work however there are no
guarantees
# for any lost or corrupt files of any kind!!!
#
# GOOD LUCK
the manifestation is....
stuff like this inserted into the flat file
tarw 0100555
0000765 0000000 00000100541 07317225664 0011311 0
ustar 00mattyo1 wheel
that kind of looks like finder flags and unix flags....
Jim
On Tuesday, October 9, 2001, at 02:36 PM, Jim Cooper wrote:
> http://homepage.mac.com/mattouellette/
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