unziping bz2 files

Rodotheos · 04-05-2005, 07:51 AM

Hi, I'm trying to unzip a file with a bz2 extension using the following command that I found in a magazine...

tar xvf --bzip2 filename.bz2

but I always get ...

tar: --bzip2: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

How can I manage such zipped files?

Thank you in advance.
Rodo

druuna · 04-05-2005, 07:54 AM

Hi,

Two ways to 'unzip' these:

bunzip2 filename.bz2
or
tar xjf filename.bz2

One thing about the last one: Not all tar version support the -j flag.

Hope this helps.

JZL240I-U · 04-05-2005, 07:57 AM

Wrong place of the option

. After the -xvf with "f" like file the filename is expected

... could be more flexible, but...

Try

Code:

tar --bzip2 xvf filename.bz2

and of course

man tar  

since there is a further option for bzip2 without the two"--"
which I don't remember just now

Rodotheos · 04-05-2005, 03:50 PM

Thank you guys.
It worked with the bunzip2.
If I use tar --bzip2 xvf filename.bz2 I get an error saying that requires onother parameter (I think it is the j one).
Anyway, thanks again.

Komakino · 04-05-2005, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Rodotheos
Thank you guys.
It worked with the bunzip2.
If I use tar --bzip2 xvf filename.bz2 I get an error saying that requires onother parameter (I think it is the j one).
Anyway, thanks again.

Use:
tar jxvf file.tar.bz2
instead.