Xref: utzoo unix-pc.general:1423 comp.sys.att:4317 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!uunet!labrea!rutgers!att!genesis!andys From: andys@genesis.ATT.COM (a.b.sherman) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att Subject: Re: STORE! file format? Summary: It is a cpio archive with install scripts Keywords: STORE Message-ID: <478@genesis.ATT.COM> Date: 23 Sep 88 12:57:39 GMT References: <3731@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> Reply-To: andys@shlepper.ATT.COM (a.b.sherman) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Middletown, N.J. Lines: 18 In article <3731@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> yren@phoenix.Princeton.EDU () writes: > > I got some files from the STORE!, but have problem handling them. > Every file has a name like *****+IN.Z, the uncompressing goes ok, > but then ... > > What is +IN format? On my Unix PC, it says cpio archive, but I > really don't believe it. It is not tar, ar, ... either. It really is a cpio archive. The +IN suffix means that it contains all of the files expected by the UA to use the Install Software and Remove Software items in the Administration menus. -- andy sherman / at&t bell laboratories (medical diagnostic systems) room 2e-108 / 185 monmouth pkwy / west long branch, nj 07764-1394 (201) 870-7018 / andys@shlepper.ATT.COM ...The views and opinions are my own. Who else would want them?