Marc Mutz wrote: > My tar cannot use bz2-compressed unless used with > --use-compress-program=bzip2. so that line sould probably read "bzcat > kernel-2.2.16.tar.bz2 | tar xf -". Also the only tar I saw that knows > bzip2 is slackware's and it uses the '-y' switch for that. I never saw > the '-I' switch for tar and my 'info tar' does not list it. Bottomline: > Your tar is too customized to be in a FAQ. How about both options? The tar that comes with RH6.2 does this just fine... Ed -- Edward Schernau, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Architect http://www.schernau.com RC5-64#: 243249 e-gold acct #:131897
