[p4] p4tar/p4untar

[Ivey, William]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com
> [mailto:perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com]On Behalf Of Robert Cowham
> 
> A python version of the tools could use the built in zip library. In
> addition, py2exe could be used to provide a straight forward Windows
> precompiled version with no extra dependencies on python etc.
> 
> I just happen to know about these things in Python, but no 
> doubt something
> similar could be done with Perl.
> 
> Robert 

In Perl there is Archive::Zip (also Algorithm::Diff for diff).
Archive::Zip supports reading and setting zip file comments,
by the way.

I used this zip module to create a Perl-based, multi-platform
installer a few months ago. Using the module was one of
the easiest parts of the project. (I extended it to allow it
to unzip a uuencoded archive which could be attached to the
script's __DATA__ section as an option.)

-Wm