Hello,

I needed access to the C++ libraries, and was told that I could find the
source
in prep.ai.mit.edu.  I got the file libg++-2.5.3.tar.gz, and unpacked it
using
the gunzip command.  The result was one file named libg++-2.5.3.tar.

How can I break this file down into its individual parts of the
library-"iostream.h" for example?

Posted below are the first lines of the file.

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libg++-2.5.3/   777     47   1752           0  5505667520  11655 5
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libg++-2.5.3/libg++/   777     47   1752           0  5505667515  12724 5
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libg++-2.5.3/libg++/config/   777     47   1752           0  5505665635
14172
5
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libg++-2.5.3/libg++/config/linux.mt   666     47   1752         620
5427532525
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# Needs some work.

# Linux puts iostream in libc.a.
STREAM_OBJS =
REGEX_OBJ=
# IO_DIR=no-stream might be the right thing for Linux, but you need
# to re-run gendepend in libg++/utils first.  There is also the problem
# that -nostdinc++ won't pick up the iostream include files ...
# IO_DIR=no-stream
G_CONFIG_ARGS = CONFIG_NM="nm -d"
# Don't include iostream files in libg++.a.
IO_OBJECTS_TO_GET =
libg++-2.5.3/libg++/config/ms-1.40   666     47   1752         450  512452
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