> Or it could be a 'y' as well. Aren't standards wonderful? There are so > many to choose from!
I gather the GNU block chose a letter already used with a different tar for a different purpose. Since I found that I always use "--bzip2" which I figger will always work properly or fail, never do the wrong thing. > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ferguson, Neale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 12:46 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: file extension > > > Use bunzip2 to decompress or tar -xjf xxx.tar.bz2 (the j may be an I on some > systems) > > > -----Original Message----- > > I have a file that came from SuSE that has an extension xxx.tar.bz2 > > > > It looks like some kind of compression algorithm has been > > done on it. What > > does the .bz2 extension signify? > -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. ============================== If you don't like being told you're wrong, be right!
