PPCDeTar

Short:        DeTar (PPC), incl. source
Author:       Steve R. Sampson, Andreas R. Kleinert
Uploader:     Andreas_Kleinert t-online de
Type:         util/arc
Architecture: ppc-powerup

                                DeTar V1.5

                              - PUBLIC DOMAIN -

          ported and re-written in 1994-98 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 : 15.02.1998


    Function/Usage :
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    "DeTar" extracts Unix Tar-Archives and may - not very well -
    also list their contents.

    PPC binaries are useable from Shell when being used with
    ppc.library V46+

    Extracting :      DeTar.elf [Archive-Name]
    Listing    :      DeTar.elf 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 ]


 ARK, 27/Aug/98


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 Note:

  In the past, some guy called "SPH" took most of my free PPC ports
  (those where the sources have been included) and ported them to WOS.

  While I've nothing against WOS ports, an other point is very distasteful
  and unfair in my opinion: removing all references to my name and initials
  and simply replacing those with his own, while also removing all references
  to PPC-Lib/ELF and replacing those with WOS references and usually some flames
  or even offenses against the competing kernel and porter - without actually
  rewriting the readme text itself in a major way (for example, if I describe what
  *I* specifically did for the port - and what he didn't have to do a *second* time,
  of course - he does not even remove/change *those* notes and/or give me credit).

  This leads to the strange situation, that I hereby have to copyright this
  .readme text, to claim its authorship and forbid changes which aren't
  clearly marked as being changes to the original: While quotes may have
  been derived from other parts of the distribution, the whole .readme as
  such now is (C)opyrighted by Andreas R. Kleinert in 1998.

  Copyrights to the other files remain as such. Nevertheless I'd ask anyone
  to give me credit for the changes which I did myself and which of
  course have been labeled/marked/documented as such. Even free software
  lives from respecting the intellectual work and property of others. Thank you.

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