HELIOS Releases Free Xtar Utility, the Ultimate UNIX Batch Tool to Backup/Clone Mac OS X Disks.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers GARBSEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 2003 HELIOS Software GmbH, a leading developer of network and prepress server software, announced the release of HELIOS Xtar for Mac OS X. Available as a free download from the HELIOS web site, the HELIOS Xtar utility can be used to clone a Mac OS X system disk, and backup and restore disks, files and folders, all with full HFS support. While the HFS disk format stores data and meta-data (e.g. Finder and Resource info) within one file, standard UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). applications can only see the data part, and the Resource information is lost using standard UNIX-based tools, such as "cp", "tar", "dump", "pax", "cat", "dd", etc. This means that the copies will be incomplete and many files will not work. For example, booting will not work, previews from EPSF (Encapsulated PostScript File) The full name of an EPS file. It is used for EPS file extensions in non-DOS and Windows platforms that can handle more than three characters. See EPS. files are missing, applications will not detect their own files anymore, etc. The HELIOS GNU-based Xtar saves each HFS file as two files in the standard tar container format to preserve all special attributes and additional information. During a restore with "Xtar" on an HFS volume, the resource and finder information are restored into valid HFS files containing all information and the volume is bootable after being restored. Just like HELIOS LanTest, a popular free utility for testing network throughput, HELIOS Xtar will likely become the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, for "tar" on Mac OS X, and further demonstrates the leadership and expertise of HELIOS on the UNIX platform. For more information and documentation for HELIOS Xtar commands go to http://www.helios.de/news/news03/N_06_03.html. Xtar is another innovative solution in the HELIOS 4th generation family of network and prepress server products. EtherShare and PCShare provide integrated cross-platform networking for Macintosh and Windows clients, offering advanced file and print server services, with easy remote server administration. HELIOS ImageServer, PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. HandShake and PrintPreview bring high efficiency and advanced capabilities to design, prepress and printing operations. Smart Ideas for Better Networking HELIOS products run on powerful and scalable servers including Apple Computer Mac OS X, Hewlett-Packard HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. and Tru64 UNIX, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. IRIX A Unix-based operating system from SGI that is used in its computer systems from desktop to supercomputer. It is an enhanced version of Unix System V Release 4. IRIX integrates the X Window system with OpenGL, creating the first real time 3D X environment. , Sun Solaris, and Linux on Pentium based systems. HELIOS products provide reliable cross-platform support for Macintosh, DOS/Windows and UNIX-based clients. Distributors sell HELIOS products worldwide to value-added resellers who provide complete networking solutions to customers. HELIOS also works with many strategic partners http://www.helios.de/products/partners.html that incorporate HELIOS server software to provide powerful third party archive, asset management and workflow solutions. HELIOS software products are also available as part of OEM solutions by many major vendors in the prepress industry. For U.S. Sales European MikroGraf Corp.: 916-923-3520; sales@ugraf.com; http://www.ugraf.com For further editor information, please contact: HELIOS Software GmbH, Attn: marketing, Steinriede 3, D-30827 Garbsen, Germany; Fax +49 5131-709325; E-mail: marketing@helios.de; or Web access at http://www.helios.com. |
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