1 * Ports of GNU tar and other tars -*- outline -*-
3 Please write bug-tar@gnu.org if you are aware of various ports of GNU tar
4 to non-GNU and non-Unix systems not listed here, or for corrections.
5 Please provide the goal system, a complete and stable URL, the maintainer
6 name and address, the tar version used as a base, and your comments.
10 Copyright (C) 1999, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
12 This file is part of GNU tar.
14 GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
15 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
16 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
19 GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
20 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
21 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
22 GNU General Public License for more details.
24 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
25 along with GNU tar; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
26 the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
27 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
31 . + Star <ftp://ftp.fokus.gmd.de/pub/unix/star> is a tape archiver
36 . + ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/systems/amiga/aminet/util/arc/GNUtar-1.11.8.lha
37 maintained by Enrico Forestieri <enrico@com.unipr.it>
40 . + ftp://ftp.ninemoons.com/pub/ade/current/amiga-bin/tar-1.11.8-bin.lha
41 maintained by the ADE group <fnf@fishpond.ninemoons.com>
42 Based on tar 1.11.8, needs ixemul.library.
44 . + ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/systems/amiga/aminet/util/arc/gnutar.lha
45 maintained by <mscheler@wuarchive.wustl.edu>
49 . + ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.20/windows/archiver/tar.zip
50 maintained by Drew Bliss & Geoff Voelker
54 . + http://www.lp.se/free/vmstar/
55 maintained by Richard Levitte <levitte@lp.se>
56 This is not GNU tar, but a separate implementation.
58 . + maintained by William Bader <william@nscs.fast.net>
59 For V4.7. Based on an old PDtar. Requires compatible shared libraries
60 to run V5 or V6 executables.
64 . + ftp://qdeck.com/ (?)
65 maintained by David Ronis <ronis@gibbs.chem.mcgill.ca>
66 For Desqview/X. Everything works besides compression. Copy of hacked
67 sources available, some of DV/X's programmer's library also needed.
71 . + http://www.simtel.net/simtel.net/
72 http://www.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/pc/gnuish (Germany)
73 ftp://ftp.simtel.net/simtelnet/gnu
74 ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/pc/gnuish
75 maintained by Darrel Hankerson <hankedr@mail.auburn.edu>
76 You get many GNU tools, not only `tar'. The GNUish project is described
79 . + The DJGPP development tools also include some `tar' utilities.
81 . + ftp://ftp.mcs.com/mcsnet.users/les/dos-gnutar/
82 maintained by Leslie Mikesell <les@mcs.net>
83 Based on tar 1.11.2. Support for SCSI (via ASPI) and network (rsh over
84 packet driver). No support for win95 long file names.
86 . + ftp://ftp.wu-wien.ac.at:pub/src/PCmisc/aspi-tar/*
87 maintained by Christoph Splittgerber <chris@orion.sdata.de>
88 Based on tar 1.10. Support for SCSI (via ASPI).
90 . + ftp://wuarchive (?)
91 Several DOS version based on PDtar. John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com> says
92 he has copies of several vintages saved.
94 . + ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.14/languages/ada/toolkit/msdos/gtar/gtar.exe
95 ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.14/languages/ada/toolkit/msdos/gtar/gtar.taz
96 ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.14/languages/ada/toolkit/msdos/gtar/gtar.zip
98 . + ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.4/os2/archiver/tar.zip
101 . + ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.20/windows/archiver/tar.zip
102 maintained by Drew Bliss & Geoff Voelker
103 GNU tar for NT (intel and Alpha platforms).
105 . + ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/unix/untgz095.zip
106 maintained by Tillmann Steinbrecher <tst@darmstadt.netsurf.de>
107 The `untgz' program is a fast .tar or .tar.gz (.tgz) extractor.
109 . + http://people.darmstadt.netsurf.de/tst/tar.htm
110 maintained by Tillmann Steinbrecher <tst@darmstadt.netsurf.de>
111 This is not a `tar' port, but an index of them.
115 . + http://www.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/gnu/archiver/gtar254.zip
116 http://www.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/gnu/archiver/gtak254.zip
117 maintained by Andreas Kaiser <Andreas.Kaiser@stuttgart.netsurf.de>
118 Version 2.54. Based on tar 1.10. The second archive contains SCSI
119 drivers (DAT streamers notably) and rmt-type programs.
121 . + ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/unix/untgz095.zip
122 maintained by Tillmann Steinbrecher <tst@darmstadt.netsurf.de>
123 The `untgz' program is a fast .tar or .tar.gz (.tgz) extractor.
125 .* IBM/PC (Win32: Windows 95, NT 3.5 or NT 4.0)
127 . + ftp://ftp.cygnus.com:~ftp/pub/sac/win32/usersrc/*
129 GNU-Win32 B17.1 distribution. Download all files, `cat' them together,
130 and `untar' the result. You get many GNU tools, not only `tar'.
133 . + ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.20/windows/archiver/tar.zip
134 maintained by Drew Bliss & Geoff Voelker
135 GNU tar for NT (intel and Alpha platforms).
137 . + ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/unix/untgz095.zip
138 maintained by Tillmann Steinbrecher <tst@darmstadt.netsurf.de>
139 The `untgz' program is a fast .tar or .tar.gz (.tgz) extractor.
141 .* IBM/PC (Windows 3.1)
143 . + ftp://ftp.mcs.com/mcsnet.users/les/win-gnutar/
144 maintained by Leslie Mikesell <les@mcs.net>
145 Support for network (rsh over winsock). No support for win95 long
148 . + ftp://ftp.gamesdomain.ru/.1/os/windows/programr/tar.zip
149 Based on GNU tar 1.11.2.
153 . + There is a tar in Stuffit Expander which is available many places and
154 comes with MacOS. It creates some spurious files but works on average.
156 . + There is an excellent GNU tar bundled in Tenon MachTen, but it does not
157 seem to be available separately.