On Wed, 10 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I downloaded 1.2 and read the release notes at blackdown. The notes stated
> that installing JDK 1.2 would win the admiration of the blackdown group. I
> can see why, the docs talk about a gzip file but the extension on the file
> that downloads is bz2. Maybe I missed something but the tar zxvf
> jdk1.2pre-v1.tar.bz2 won't open the file. Yes this looks like it may be a
> real challenge as it can't be opened on a typical Linux box :-)

Arrgh.  Is there a FAQ on this??  Use bunzip2.  All Linux dists probably
include it.  It's available most places that have Linux archives.

bunzip2 -c foo.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -

-- 
Geoffrey T. Cheshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


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