STORE! file format?

[a.b.sherman]

In article <3731 at phoenix.Princeton.EDU> yren at 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.
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