31 Jan
2002
31 Jan
'02
5:18 a.m.
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From: Jeff Hellige
... And now Mac OS X as well ( But Mac OS's >= 9 would see it as a folder
only). Then again, Stevie did create NeXT, and now he's got Apple under his
thumb...
.pkg is probably specific to NeXT, as I
haven't heard of it under
Unix.
As the name might suggest, it is a 'package' containing the
program and all it's associated files, likely to include installation
scripts and anything else needed. That then generally creates an
.app file, which is actually a directory wich includes the files but
is seen by the NeXT as being a single executable file.
-spc (And on
every Unix system I've used I've found tar ... )
Drop to the CLI on a NeXT and you'll find tar there as well.
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