Title:			EXTAR
Author:			Alun Jones <auj@aber.ac.uk>
Version:		1.0
Title From:		Documentation
Author From:		Documentation
Version From:		Documentation
Supplier:		Alun Jones <auj@aber.ac.uk>
Date:			01/06/96
Keywords:		File extraction programs
Shareware:		No
Machine:		Archimedes
Operating system:	RISCOS
Memory requirements:	
Peripherals needed:	
Other s/ware needed:	ANSI C compiler
Directory:		micros/arch/riscos/e104
Date mounted/updated:	07/06/96
File names:		extar.tar
Unarchived files:	4
Unarchived size:	20 kbytes
Omissions:		
See also:		

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Acquiring the package:

Download the archive file(s) and extract using SparkPlug 2
(see the "tools_help" file in micros/arch/riscos/tools for further info).


Description:

extar.c is a tar extractor for Unix which knows about RISC OS filenames.
You can control its handling of filenames by setting two environment
variables:

ARCSWAP - This contains a colon separated list of directory names which
should be swapped for files.

ARCDOT - This contains a colon separated list of filenames which should be
combined with their directory name to make a dot-extension. This is used
mainly by *TeX.