getting OT: tar, NeXT, and Mac OS X [was: RE: PKZIP problem] - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

31 Jan 2002

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 From: 	Jeff Hellige

    .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.
  ... 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...

...
     -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.
 -- 
  	You know, I would like to eventually get myself a NeXT system, to
see where (parts of) OS X came from. Before, I thought Windoze98 was better
than MacOS (not by much, though). Now that I'm using Mac OS X as my
workstation, I'm liking it much better.

	Sorry, I'll try to keep it On Topic. If anyone in the New Haven CT
area does have a NeXT system available, let me know. BTW, I'm kinda poor
right now... :-/

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