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Old 05-18-2002, 09:13 AM   #1
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Question How to use bz2?

Hey folks,
I used to use "tar -zxvf <filename>" to untar .tar.gz files. But I see more and more .tar.bz2 files... How do i untar those files?

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Old 05-18-2002, 09:30 AM   #2
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you should ALWAYS look at manpages beofre asking basic usage questions like this...

from "man tar":
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-j, --bzip
filter the archive through bzip2
 
  


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