gzip bzip2

gzip bzip2

[Henning, Brian]

I would like to uncompress a .tar.bz2 file. I know how to uncompress .tar.gz
files with
the command tar xvzf archive.tar.gz. is there are similar command for
.tar.bz2 files?

thanks,
b

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Re: gzip bzip2

[Lapo Luchini]

Henning, Brian wrote:

>I would like to uncompress a .tar.bz2 file. I know how to uncompress .tar.gz
>files with
>the command tar xvzf archive.tar.gz. is there are similar command for
>.tar.bz2 files?
>  
>
Just as "z" means "use gzip", there is "j" that means "use bzip2".
BTW do you nkow that "x" is "extract", "t" is "test" (i.e. print to 
screen every file extracted), "f" is "file" (i.e. following parameters 
is the filename to extract from)
xzvf is not a magic mantra word 0=)

This and other in the almighty "man tar" =)

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Re: gzip bzip2

[Ronald Landheer-Cieslak]

Substitute the "x" with a "j" in your tar command.

This is by no means a Cygwin question, by the way :\

rlc

On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Henning, Brian wrote:

> I would like to uncompress a .tar.bz2 file. I know how to uncompress .tar.gz
> files with
> the command tar xvzf archive.tar.gz. is there are similar command for
> .tar.bz2 files?
> 
> thanks,
> b
> 
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Re: gzip bzip2

[Ronald Landheer-Cieslak]

ignore my previous message: replace the "z" by a "j", not the "x".

The stuff about this not being a Cygwin qeustion remains, though

rlc

NB must be getting tired...

On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Henning, Brian wrote:

> I would like to uncompress a .tar.bz2 file. I know how to uncompress .tar.gz
> files with
> the command tar xvzf archive.tar.gz. is there are similar command for
> .tar.bz2 files?
> 
> thanks,
> b
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Re: gzip bzip2

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 10:48:18AM -0600, Henning, Brian wrote:
> I would like to uncompress a .tar.bz2 file. I know how to uncompress .tar.gz
> files with
> the command tar xvzf archive.tar.gz. is there are similar command for
> .tar.bz2 files?

Did you ever try "tar --help"?

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Re: gzip bzip2

[Randall R Schulz]

Ronald,

And your answer is by no means correct.

The "x" is "eXtract" command signifier while the "z" that Brian is 
familiar with is the option signifier for gZip/gunZip compression / 
de-compression. The "j" signifies for Bzip2 compression / de-compression.

Randall Schulz


At 09:07 2003-02-04, Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote:
>Substitute the "x" with a "j" in your tar command.
>
>This is by no means a Cygwin question, by the way :\
>
>rlc
>
>On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Henning, Brian wrote:
>
> > I would like to uncompress a .tar.bz2 file. I know how to 
> uncompress .tar.gz
> > files with the command tar xvzf archive.tar.gz. is there are 
> similar command for
> > .tar.bz2 files?
> >
> > thanks,
> > b


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Re: gzip bzip2

[Ronald Landheer-Cieslak]

On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> And your answer is by no means correct.
... which is why I corrected myself immediatly and said "ignore my 
previous message"

Thanx for pointing it out anyway ;)

rlc



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Re: gzip bzip2

[Gareth Pearce]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronald Landheer-Cieslak" <ronald@landheer.com>
To: "Henning, Brian" <brian.henning@navitaire.com>
Cc: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 4:09 AM
Subject: Re: gzip bzip2


> ignore my previous message: replace the "z" by a "j", not the "x".
>
> The stuff about this not being a Cygwin qeustion remains, though

While we are 'off-topic' - thought I might note that the j flag isn't
'standard' - but does happen to work on most recent copys of tar which get
distributed since bz2 is popular.  I keep wondering where the flags gone on
my dec alpha, then i remember i forgot to find and apply the patch when i
compiled tar.

>
> rlc
>
> NB must be getting tired...
>
> On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Henning, Brian wrote:
>
> > I would like to uncompress a .tar.bz2 file. I know how to uncompress
.tar.gz
> > files with
> > the command tar xvzf archive.tar.gz. is there are similar command for
> > .tar.bz2 files?
> >
> > thanks,
> > b
> >
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