How to unpack a TAR.BZ2 file?

as400 · 07-10-2008, 01:36 AM

Hi,

I just downloaded the flashplaryer 9 for Solaris 10 X86 and the file is a TAR.BZ2.
It is located in my /EXPORT/HOME/USERNAME directory and all I need is to extract it but I dont know the commands to do it.

Please post the command, I would appreciate it.

Thx.

Mr. C. · 07-10-2008, 02:09 AM

GNUtar allows:

tar -xvf tarfile

You can add the -z option for gzip or -j for bzip2, but tar figures it out without those options.

If you don't have GNUtar, use

bzip2 -d

to decompress, then just

tar -xvf tarfile

colucix · 07-10-2008, 02:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. C.

If you don't have GNUtar, use

bzip -d

I'm correcting a typo. Actually it is bzip2 -d, or bunzip2.

Mr. C. · 07-10-2008, 02:45 AM

Yup, fixed, thanks.

bathory · 07-10-2008, 03:03 AM

You can combine the above in 1line:

Code:

bzip2 -dc filename.tar.bz2| tar -xf -