scotar - version 1.6

  Extracts files from multi-volume tars created by the SCO line of operating
systems from Xenix to Open Server 5, on Linux or other systems using Bash-2.x
(or ksh). (Yes, *finally* someone addressed this aggrevation!)
  

  The tar utility on SCO systems stores multi-volume and volume-spanning
information in a way that only SCO's tar recognizes, but otherwise
the files can be extracted on other systems. What happens when you try to
extract a SCO tar on Linux (or other) is the first volume will be extracted
as if that was the whole tar, and the user is not prompted for the next
volume(s). If the user manually extracts all the volumes, all files will be
extracted ok, except any files that were split across volumes. For any files
that had spanned acros two (or more) volumes, the second half (or final
segment if more than two) of the file _overwrites_ the previously extracted
segment instead of being _appended_ to it.

  What this script does is prompt the user to insert each disk in a set, in
order, and extracts the files from each volume, automatically catching the
pieces and re-assembling any files that had spanned across two volumes.

  If you want to use the fancy built-in help, download "scripthelp" from
the same place you got "scotar" and run "scotar help", otherwise simply
"less /usr/local/bin/scotar".

  As of 1.6, it's tested and working with ksh on linux.
1.0 was tested and worked with bash 2.xx, but yegads... just look at it!
I recommend 1.6 over 1.0 and of course nothing in between.

Brian K. White - linut@squonk.net


INSTALL:
  mv scotar-?.?.ksh /usr/local/bin/scotar
  chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/scotar
optional:
  mv scripthelp.sh /usr/local/bin/scripthelp
  chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/scripthelp

USAGE:
  scotar help
  scotar [device]
  
  Where the optional [device] is the name of the device the tar volumes will be
  extracted from. if no device is specified, the default of /dev/fd0 is used.

  files and subdirectories get extracted to the current directory.
  (no absolute paths)

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