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What is Tar |
BalooDK
Joined: Aug 24, 2003
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From: Denmark
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What does it mean when a game is named Tar in the end ???
Fx. Black Deal without Tar is 43kb and with Tar its 58kb
What is the difference ???
BalooDK
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wrath000
Joined: May 14, 2003
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From: Norway
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archive, like .zip ... or .rar
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BalooDK
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That's weird !!! Why is the Tar file bigger than the NON Tar ?? And
why is the Tar-thing not at the end of the filename ???
AceofSpades_tar.mpn
BalooDK
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Ericssony
Joined: Jun 05, 2002
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From: Slovenia
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BalooDK: Why you don't use the search function???
You can find the explanation in my post: click
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wrath000
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"archive" does not imply compressed. It's just a file containing multiple files...
a compressed version would be .tar.gz (TAR + gZIP)
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BalooDK
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@Ericssony
I did use the search, and i did read that thread, but i just
didn't find the answer !!!
@wrath000
Thanks m8 !!!!
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BOSSHOGG
Joined: Dec 19, 2002
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Lets say i used macrar on my mac to compress some files, if i sent that .rar file to a pc, would they be able to uncompress it in winzip?
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wrath000
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You would need WinRAR
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BOSSHOGG
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Thanks, wasn't sure really i think stuffit on the mac opens anything, thought winzip would be the same.
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Ben.Cook
Joined: Apr 15, 2002
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Slightly off topic but http://filext.com/ is good for looking up file extensions.
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omdot
Joined: Sep 01, 2003
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From: Germany
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@bosshog and all the others:
StuffIt Expander expands nearly all of the typically used formats.
It's available for MacOS AND Windows. The Expander is free.
http://www.aladdinsys.com
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N.M.E.
Joined: Aug 02, 2003
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TAR is for Tape Archive and it's the way data is lumped together and put on a tape.
For file transfer, its only real practical use is to keep a group of files together.
There is no compression involved at all. That's why most .tar files you'll download, for say Unix applications, will all be .tar.gz, because they are compressed after they are bundled.
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Posted: 2003-09-18 00:07
