GUI Tar is a wrapper application which acts as the front end to the 7za, tar, gzip, bzip2, unrar, and unzip UNIX utilities. The operating system itself handles the complicated work, while GUI Tar provides a pleasant and easy method to interact with these system tools. GUI Tar is divided into two sections: Extractor and Compressor. GUI Tar Extractor offers the functionality of its sister application Untar 1.3.2 by being able to uncompress and extract files from archives. The following files can be opened by Extractor: .7z, .tar, .tgz, .tar.gz, .dmg.gz, .svgz, .gz, .tar.z, .z, .Z, .tar.Z, .taz, .tbz, .tbz2, .bz, .bz2, .rar, and .zip. GUI Tar Compressor can compress and/or archive a collection of files in .7z, .bz2, .tar, .tbz, .tgz, .gz, or .Z formats. Archive files and folders from multiple locations, instead of being restricted to just one directory.
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />In some cases SE will not expand some .zip files. I've gotten error messages. When I've used GUI Tar instead the file has been decompressed without a hitch. I've also used this little gem numerous times to compress files. It just works. Thanks for this little gem!
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br /><p>I was looking for a simple GUI for tar. </p><p>Sure sure, cli is easy, but . . . sometimes you just want to get the job done! Well, this is it.</p><p> It works 100%. Drag and drop? Oh ya. Zero worries. Install it, use it. That's what you want.</p>
<p>Why a GUI for tar when a right click on any file allows you "archive" any file? I like to use tar, not zip, when working with unix and mac users. </p>
<p>Just one comment, it does leave a bit ditritus in the form of a folder called __MACOSX when you extract.</p>