bunzip2 filename.tar.bz2 should work look in http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2/ to get mor info about it
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Johnie Stafford Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 11:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: what is .bz2 extension?? >>> On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 09:52:09 +0200, Christian Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: cp> Am Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2003 23:42 schrieb Sambit Nanda: >> I thought to install blackdown java 1.1.8 on my RH9, >> after i downloaded i found all files having extension >> <file name>.tar.bz2, >> This is the new extension i am not aware of this, What >> is .bz2 mean? i tried tar zxvf did not work, how can i >> extract this files. >> cp> bunzip2 -c xyz-1.0.0.tar.bz2 | tar xf - cp> works for me. Use the 'j' option to tar instead of the 'z' option, i.e. 'tar jxvf <filename>.tar.bz2'. >From the tar man page: -j, -I, --bzip filter the archive through bzip2. Note: -I is dep- recated and may get a different meaning in the near future. -Z, --compress, --uncompress filter the archive through compress -z, --gzip, --ungzip filter the archive through gzip Johnie -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list This E-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this E-mail in error please notify us immediately and delete this E-mail from your system. Thank you. It is possible for data transmitted by email to be deliberately or accidentally corrupted or intercepted. For this reason, where the communication is by E-mail, the Big Picture Group does not accept any responsibility for any breach of confidence which may arise through the use of this medium. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of Big Picture Group shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of known computer viruses. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
