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Old 09-26-2005, 11:49 AM   #1
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essential-20050412.tar.bz2
I have downloaded the above file.

Is the following command correct one for decompressing it?
tar -xvzf /home/ka/essential-20050412.tar.bz2
 
Old 09-26-2005, 11:51 AM   #2
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Try instead:

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tar -xvjf /home/ka/essential-20050412.tar.bz2
Note the 'j', which is for extracting .bz2. The 'z' option is for .gz archives.
 
Old 09-26-2005, 12:16 PM   #3
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Thanks wapcaplet

It worked fine.
 
  


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