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Q104491: Windows NT Does Not Support TAR or COMPRESS for FTP Transfers

Article: Q104491
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 3.1 4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.1 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.1 
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 
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If you download files with FTP from a UNIX or Internet server, the files
may be in tape archive (TAR) format, which is a storage method that saves
disk space. These files will not be usable unless they are restored to
their native format.

Both TAR and COMPRESS are standard utilities for concatenating files and
compressing files for storage on UNIX systems. They also provide the
facilities to restore files to their native format.

Windows NT does not include either the TAR or Compress utilities; however,
they are available through several sources including several different
anonymous FTP sites on the Internet.

TAR files can be processed using the PAX command that ships with Windows
NT.

NOTE: You cannot use PKUNZIP to uncompress a file compressed by the UNIX
COMPRESS utility.


Additional query words: prodnt

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Keywords          : kbnetwork 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTW310 kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbWinNTS310 kbWinNTAdvSerSearch kbWinNTAdvServ310 kbWinNTS310search kbWinNT310Search kbWinNTW310Search
Version           : 3.1 4.0

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