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Old 10-08-2003, 09:08 AM   #1
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how can i decompress this tar.tar file? hmmm sounds new.. tar.tar.. help ;)


can someone have a look at this...
by the way..
im using redhat 8 kernel 2.4.18-14 and using gnome.. (if that helps)

i have this "skin.tar.tar" file in /root actually this is an mplayer skin downloaded in the official mplayer website.. how can i extract this? even though i double click it in nautilus and then file roller tries to open this file.. it cant.. and i tried to do everything in the command line.. this is my log:

[root@morgan root]# file skin.tar.tar
skin.tar.tar: bzip2 compressed data, block size = 900k
[root@morgan root]# bunzip2 skin.tar.tar
bunzip2: Can't guess original name for skin.tar.tar -- using skin.tar.tar.out
[root@morgan root]#


what should i do?
please help.. thanks!
 
Old 10-08-2003, 09:13 AM   #2
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The fact that bunzip2 did not give an error saying that it was in the wrong format probably means it's in bz2 format. If you downloaded in Windows Internet Explorer, tar.tar is the extension it gives tar.bz2 files. So you can just use:
tar xvjf skin.tar.tar
or alternatively, now you have bunzipped it:
mv skin.tar.tar.out skin.tar
tar xvf skin.tar
(the first step's not really necessary, but it helps clarify things in case you want to untar it again later)
 
Old 10-08-2003, 09:14 AM   #3
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sorry, I didn't read the first line properly. It's DEFINITELY a bz2 file.
 
Old 10-08-2003, 09:51 AM   #4
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yes it is a bzip2 ..
and i tried
bunzip2 <filename>

still an error..
hmmmmmmm
 
Old 10-08-2003, 10:10 AM   #5
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What do you mean by "error"?

Quote:
[root@morgan root]# bunzip2 skin.tar.tar
bunzip2: Can't guess original name for skin.tar.tar -- using skin.tar.tar.out
Is not an error, it's a warning. It can't guess what the original name is (since it usually is originalname.bz2) so it uses skin.tar.tar.out
Are there more errors? Please post them is so, otherwise the file skin.tar.tar.out should be in tar format.
Or
tar xvjf skin.tar.tar
should work. If not, what is the error?
Guy
 
Old 10-08-2003, 11:42 AM   #6
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hmmmmmmm
i still dont get it...
 
Old 10-08-2003, 12:14 PM   #7
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Just rename it.
mv skin.tar.tar skin.tar.bz2
tar xjvf skin.tar.bz2

<edit>Or if you already did unzip it then you should name it this:
mv skin.tar.tar.out skin.tar
tar xvf skin.tar


Last edited by /bin/bash; 10-08-2003 at 12:16 PM.
 
Old 10-09-2003, 01:33 AM   #8
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alright.. i will try that one later.. thank you
 
Old 09-22-2007, 11:53 AM   #9
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whomever searching this... its working
 
Old 01-14-2008, 07:32 AM   #10
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I am guessing that you downloaded the file on a windows box then moved it over to linux.


Windows does not know how to handle tar.gz or tar.bz2 so it labels then whatever.tar.tar you have to just move the file back to whatever it was supposed to be.
 
Old 02-23-2008, 05:40 AM   #11
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Quote:
Originally Posted by guygriffiths View Post
The fact that bunzip2 did not give an error saying that it was in the wrong format probably means it's in bz2 format. If you downloaded in Windows Internet Explorer, tar.tar is the extension it gives tar.bz2 files. So you can just use:
tar xvjf skin.tar.tar
or alternatively, now you have bunzipped it:
mv skin.tar.tar.out skin.tar
tar xvf skin.tar
(the first step's not really necessary, but it helps clarify things in case you want to untar it again later)
yes, I have tried tar xvjf filename.tar.tar and it is working, thank u very much. I was also stucked in this problem. many thanks.
 
Old 10-24-2016, 09:38 AM   #12
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other solution for .tar.at

Hello
you can also just move your file toto.tar.tar to toto.tar.gz
and after put
tar -zxvf toto.tar.gz

i think that any file xxx.tar.tar was just remane to be download

Have a good day !!
 
Old 10-24-2016, 06:29 PM   #13
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have all of your zip and unzip programs installed then use ARK and let it decided ...
 
Old 10-24-2016, 10:45 PM   #14
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bsystem
BW-userx

you two do know that this is a thread from 2003
and for the UNSUPPORTED redhat RH8

-- right--

Last edited by John VV; 10-24-2016 at 10:46 PM.
 
Old 10-25-2016, 02:48 AM   #15
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yes we know

yes we know
but it can still be used
 
  


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