Windows NT Does Not Support TAR or COMPRESS for FTP Transfers (104491)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
This article was previously published under Q104491
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.
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 8/8/2001 |
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Keywords: | kbnetwork KB104491 |
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