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Sk8trf69 · 06-09-2005, 09:34 PM

how do i untar directorys?

win32sux · 06-09-2005, 09:38 PM

you don't untar directories... you untar a tar file... like this:

Code:

tar xvf example.tar

Sk8trf69 · 06-09-2005, 09:44 PM

my friend told me u untar .bz2 files differently Example:ma3j_goldengreen.tar.bz2

win32sux · 06-09-2005, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sk8trf69
my friend told me u untar .bz2 files differently Example:ma3j_goldengreen.tar.bz2

in the thread title you have ".tar"... that's a pure tar file... a ".tar.bz2" is a tar file that has been compressed using bzip2... so you need to add the option to decompress using bzip to the command:

Code:

tar xvjf example.tar.bz2

if it was compressed using gzip instead of bzip2, it would be:

Code:

tar xvzf example.tar.bz2

do a "man tar" for more info or check-out this link:

http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man1/tar.1.html