on mandrake type
tar -xyvf foo.tar.bz2
you could also type
tar -xyf foo.tar.bz2
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 11:45 AM
Subject: [newbie] bz2 files
> Hello.
>
> I was wondering if anyone could help me with this.
>
> What is the differnece between files with a .gz extension and files with a
> ..bz2 extension?
>
> How can I extract a file with a .bz2 extension?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil
>
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