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xtar(1)                DragonFly General Commands Manual               xtar(1)

NAME
       xtar 1.4 - view contents of a tar file

SYNOPSIS
       xtar [Xoptions] [tarfile[.gz|.Z]]

DESCRIPTION
       XTar is a Motif program for viewing and manipulating tar archives
       (which may be compressed).  The contents of the archive are displayed
       in the main window and various options are available from pulldown and
       popup menus.

       The main window shows the name of the file currently displayed, its
       size and its size when unpacked.

       The main XTar pulldown menu has the following options:

       OPEN             Open a new tar file.

       UNPACK ALL       Unpack the entire archive.  All files are extracted in
                        the same directory as the tar archive itself.

       UNPACK ALL AS... Unpack the entire archive somewhere else.  This allows
                        you to select another location to extract the tar
                        archive.  You can interactively select a directory
                        from the file selection box or type in the name of a
                        new directory which will be created.

       SEARCH...        Perform a regular expression search on the FILENAMES
                        in the tar file.  This can also be activated by
                        pressing '/' in the main window.

       NEXT             Search for the next occurence of the regular
                        expression.  This can also be activated by pressing

       CONVERT UID/GID  Convert user IDs and group IDs to names on the current
                        system.

       QUIT             Exit XTar.

       The Option pulldown menu allows you to perform actions on the currently
       selected file.  A similar menu is available by pressing the right mouse
       button in the list window.  Furthermore if you set the resource
       "showPB" to True then buttons are displayed at the bottom of the main
       window to perform these actions too.  They are as follows:

       VIEW             View a file.  This uses the XTar resource "mappings"
                        to display the selected file.  If the file ending
                        matches one in the list then the appropriate external
                        viewer is called; otherwise it is assumed to be text
                        and a window is opened.  The text window also shows
                        the currently selected file and its size.

       EXTRACT          If you have selected a file, this extracts that file
                        into the current directory.  If you have selected a
                        directory this unpacks it in the same directory as the
                        the tar file.

       EXTRACT AS...    Allows you to save the file or directory under another
                        name.  If you try and extract a directory into a
                        directory which does not exist, then it is created
                        first.

       The Set Attributes pulldown menu allows you to set permissions,
       ownership, and, if you are root, the group id and time stamp, on
       extracted files.  To enable these options simply toggle the
       corresponding button.

       The Info pulldown menu allows you to access copyright information and
       the xtar man page.

AUTHOR
       Rik Turnbull, University of Liverpool <rik@csc.liv.ac.uk>

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