On 10/08/2009 09:18 PM, Ashok Gautham wrote: > I am a relatively modern linux user (circa 2002) and I use > tar -xzvf *.tar.gz or tar -xjvf *.tar.bz2 > > I do not think the fact that tar did not have a x or j flag back then > hurt.
Well, in the past few years, you don't really have to specify x or j or anything like that. Tar automatically detects whether you are extracting a gzip, bzip2 or xz compressed archive and call the appropriate tool automatically. All you have to do is tar xvf foo.<tar.gz/tar.bz2/tar.lzma/xz> Rahul _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
