In article <b0d3cb9f4f.jr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, rickman <rickman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The WELCOME/TXT file on the ROOL CD says: > "....SparkFS is recommended for unpacking the archives on > a RISC OS machine. Copy the files to your hard disc before trying > to extract the contents...." > However, attempts to unpack TAR files with SparkFS give rise to a > message like the following:- > " Error when reading > "...BATCHONE/TAR- > " -Unidentified header type found > Can anyone help please? My SparkFS is version 1.39 Read Only I think the read-only version is supplied with just Spark and Zip modules. The full version also has ARJ, Cab, CPIO, Lzh, McStuffit, PackdDir, Zoo and Tar. Ian -- Ian Hamilton (RISC PC RO4) http://www.hamiltoni.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ (Iyonix RO5) Programs compatible with RISC OS 3/4/5 --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit http://www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via http://www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support