Command UNTAR
Function:
Untar a UNIX tape archive (ie. .TAR file).
Syntax:
UNTAR [drive:][path]filename[.TAR] [/D] [/V]
| filename | Specifies the file to untar. |
| /D | Display a directory listing of the tar archive. |
| /V | Show version information. |
Note:
- A tar file must have a file extension of .TAR, since this is the only way to determine whether or not a file is a tar file.
- The directory structure inside the tar file is recreated and the file names inside a tar file are mapped to long file names.
- When a file already exists, then the user will be prompted whether to over write the existing file and if not a new file name will be requested. It is quite possible for a tar file to contain more than one file name that will map to a single long file name, since under UNIX filenames are case sensitive. For example, Read.Me and read.me will both be mapped to READ.ME under Windows.
- Wildcards can not be used for parameter filename.
- Also see command UNCOMP.
Special note:
- There should be no need to ever tar or compress a file under Windows. There are a number of archive formats that are supported by both UNIX and Windows (eg. ZIP archive format), which should be used instead.
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