.TARDIST File

The tardist file extension is commonly used for TAR compressed installation packages for UNIX systems that are installed using the inst utility.

The difference between standard TAR and TARDIST is that the later includes a special installation script.

MIME types:
application/x-tardist

This tardist file type entry was marked as obsolete and no longer supported file format.

This type of file is no longer actively used and is most likely obsolete. This is typically the case for system files in old operating systems, file types from long discontinued software, or previous versions of certain file types (like documents, projects etc.) that were replaced in higher versions of their original programs.

Files with tardist file extension can mainly be found as TAR compressed installation packages for IRIX Unix systems

How to open:

These files can be installed using the inst utility on IRIX systems. SOme file archivers can also open and extract the data from *.tardist archives.

How to convert:

We do not know about any possible conversion for this particular *.tardist file.