Re: Slink-CD (Part III)

[Martin Schulze <joey@finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE>]

Michael Schmitz wrote:
> Martin Schulze wrote:
> > > then what about ZIP? It is free, it is file _archiver_ just like lha and
> > > probably already ported to Amiga...
> > 
> > Well, tar should also be ported, or isn't it?
> 
> Tar isn't really an option; neither AmigaOS nor TOS support pipes.

Missing pipes shouldn't be a problem since you can call gzip -d and then
tar as two calls.  If that's the only problem - assuming that both are
available for AmigaOS and TOS we should try to move into that direction.

Regards,

	Joey

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