Tar version

From: Andre Verheij (a.verheij_at_econ.usyd.edu.au)
Date: 05/16/03

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    Hello,
    I am looking for some information regarding tar on a digital unix machine.

    i have a regular tape coming in from a supplier with a "tar"-ed
    information on it. It is created on a digital Unix (DEC) box, to a DDS
    tape. I have a DDS tape drive to read it on a linux boxand in the past i
    have been able to read it with Gnu tar, but for some reason i can't
    anymore.

    I wonder if there somebody can point me to a location where i can download
    the source files for the tar version dunning on a DEc box(which is not Gnu
    Tar!).

    I can't get my suppliers to install the gnu tar version next to the
    digital version (Should be very simple).

    Kind regards,

    Andre

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