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Case-preserving version of tar?

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The Question is:

 
We need a version of TAR such that files tarred on alpha could be untarred on a
 UNIX platform maintaining the filenames in capital letter.

The Answer is :

 
  Visit the OpenVMS Freeware for the tar source code, and have at...
 
    http://www.openvms.digital.com/freeware/VMSTAR/
 
  The OpenVMS Wizard is aware of an update to the VMSTAR version for
  use with Extended File Specifications and the ODS-5 file system,
  this version of the VMSTAR tool may well find its way onto a future
  OpenVMS Freeware release.
 

  
     
     answer written or last revised on ( 7-APR-2000 )
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