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Can anyone tell me what the file extension " .tar" means??
also, how do I burn a sequence of .tar files using nero on to cd/ dvd??

thanks in advance...
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> Can anyone tell me what the file extension " .tar" means??
> also, how do I burn a sequence of .tar files using nero on to cd/
dvd??
>
> thanks in advance...
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http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=TAR


On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 00:18:51 -0000, in
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"the niner nation" <removeTHISdipak@take thisOUT49ers98.freeserve.co.uk> scrawled:

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>Can anyone tell me what the file extension " .tar" means??
>also, how do I burn a sequence of .tar files using nero on to cd/ dvd??
>
>thanks in advance...

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the niner nation wrote:

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> Can anyone tell me what the file extension " .tar" means??
> also, how do I burn a sequence of .tar files using nero on to cd/ dvd??
>
> thanks in advance...

..tar is a compressed archive of one or more files. It is used primarily in
the Linux operating system to package programs. What is in the files, do
you know?

So far as burning them to CD or DVD, do the same thing you'd do for any data
file.
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The Niner Nation The *.TAR suffix is the linux form of archive o
compressed extension much like zip is for window or cab is fo
Microsoft


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"the niner nation" <removeTHISdipak@take thisOUT49ers98.freeserve.co.uk>
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> Can anyone tell me what the file extension " .tar" means??
> also, how do I burn a sequence of .tar files using nero on to cd/ dvd??


I believe WinRar (rarsoft.com) can work with .tar files. Burn them to
CD/DVD just like any other file (may be helpful to decompress before archive
if you want to use them without extracting).


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On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 00:57:49 GMT, Gary G. Taylor wrote:

>the niner nation wrote:
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>> Can anyone tell me what the file extension " .tar" means??
>> also, how do I burn a sequence of .tar files using nero on to cd/ dvd??
>>
>> thanks in advance...
>
>.tar is a compressed archive of one or more files. It is used primarily in

Plain .tar is simply an archive not usually compressed unless the
extension is .tar.gz (gzipped) / tar.Z (compressed) even sometimes .tgz
or .bz2

>the Linux operating system to package programs. What is in the files, do

UNIX please, it's older than the Linux/GNU distros.

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Me

"the niner nation" <removeTHISdipak@take thisOUT49ers98.freeserve.co.uk>
wrote in message news:bq8ol9$peh$...
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> Can anyone tell me what the file extension " .tar" means??
> also, how do I burn a sequence of .tar files using nero on to cd/ dvd??
>
> thanks in advance...


IIRC the newer version of winzip may be able to handle .tar

from the linux command prompt they may be "untarred" with the command:

tar -xvf filename.tar

X-No-Archive: Yes
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 08:11:58 -0600, philo wrote:

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>"the niner nation" <removeTHISdipak@take thisOUT49ers98.freeserve.co.uk>
>wrote in message news:bq8ol9$peh$...
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>> Can anyone tell me what the file extension " .tar" means??
>> also, how do I burn a sequence of .tar files using nero on to cd/ dvd??
>>
>> thanks in advance...
>
>
>IIRC the newer version of winzip may be able to handle .tar

It's worked fine with .tar files for a while, many years.

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Me

I see nobody really answerd the first part of your question...

..tar stand for Tape ARchive.

Back in the day archives were made on tape backups.

Winzip can handle these files, just un-tar it and burn the expanded
files onto your CD.

You do relise that since this is a .tar the program is most likely for
UNIX, LINUX, or BSD and not Windows.

On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 00:18:51 -0000, "the niner nation"
<removeTHISdipak@take thisOUT49ers98.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

>
>Can anyone tell me what the file extension " .tar" means??
>also, how do I burn a sequence of .tar files using nero on to cd/ dvd??
>
>thanks in advance...