Consuming 0.7K bytes, Bill Davidson blathered: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:20:53 +0100 > Roger Oberholtzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:08:55 -0500 > > John Voigt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > You can also use the -j option to tar: > > > > > > # tar -xjvf file.tar.bz2 > > > > My tar does not list this. If the file is gzip'd, then the 'z' option > > can be used as you suggest. I really need to update my work desktop. I > > see this option on a newer box. > > Perhaps your version uses 'I' instead of 'j'.
See also: $ tar -xf --bzip file.tar.bz2 or $ bzip2 -cd file.tar.bz2 | tar -xf - Kurt -- May the Fleas of a Thousand Camels infest one of your Erogenous Zones. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
