Hi,
I found that a simple "tar xvf" usually works, i.e. omitting the zip
option (z for zip and j for zip2).
So, you don't need to try "tar xvzf" and then "tar xvjf" if the first
attempt fails.
73 de bernard, f6bvp
walter harms wrote:
hi all,
instead of guessing you can identify the file using the 'file' utility.
eg.
file archive.tar.gz
archive.tar.gz: gzip compressed data, from Unix
file libsx-2.06.tar.bz2
libsx-2.06.tar.bz2: bzip2 compressed data, block size = 900k
it is much more reliable then hoping that the suffix will give a hint.
e.g. mv foo.tar.gz foo.tar.bz2
(note: i have seen people doing that)
re,
walter
Frank Brickle wrote:
The convention is, .tgz for .tar.gz and therefore gzip; .tbz for
.tar.bz2 and therefore bzip2.
73
Frank
AB2KT
On Nov 10, 2007 10:05 PM, IT2 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mr. Bricle, et alia:
Indeed it is particularly instructive to note that the "tar zxvf
name-of-your-gzipped-tarball" is presumptive to the fact that indeed the
tarball has been size reduced with gzip!
It is entirely possible to use "j" (vice little "z") for bzip, or even
to use "Z" (big "Z") for compress/uncompress as appropriate.
V/R,
Stuart, N3GWG
On 11/10/07 12:39 AM, "Frank Brickle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Did you use the command
tar zxvf name-of-your-gzipped-tarball
?
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