Re: compressing files..

[Kenneth Stephen]

Hi,

        I dont think it will work even so (it doesnt on my machine). The
correct options to use are :

tar xvf filename.tar.bz2 --use-compress-program bunzip2

Regards,
Kenneth 

On Sun, 8 Aug 1999, Richard Adams wrote:

> > 
> > On Sun, 8 Aug 1999, Steve Youngs wrote:
> > 
> > > MM> Steve Youngs wrote:
> > > MM> > 
> > > MM> <snip>
> > > MM> >         tar cvyf filename.tar.bz2 /stuff_you_want_to_archive
> >                      /|\ 
> > Is 'y' correct........|
> 
> No it must be a typo, i presume it was meant to be a "z".
> 
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Ted Gervais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > 44.135.34.254 gw.ve1drg.ampr.org
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Regards Richard.
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