On 2 April 2015 at 14:33, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
> On 4/1/2015 5:45 PM, Ryan Gonzalez wrote:
>>
>> You didn't open the archive, did you? ;)
>
>
> .tar files are not Windows friendly
> so I skipped it.

7-zip is Windows-friendly and tar-friendly. You could ask for a social
introduction.

Unfortunately, 7-Zip does not support the PAX extended header (e.g. for long filenames). I'm not sure about the oldgnu format off the top of my head.

Fortunately, the MinGW tools do.

Tim Delaney