1 Nov
2006
1 Nov
'06
2:08 a.m.
Hi,
The 'bz2' extension means that the tar file has been compressed. Use "bunzip2" to decompress it, and you will get a "tar" file.
little known factoid. on most modern versions of tar you can simply do tar xvf blah-blah.tar.bz2 and it will automatically detect the major compression methods - be it .Z, .gz or .bz2. note, no '-' and no 'j'/'z' - thats 2 less characters to type each time you do a tar operation...think of the savings on your keyboard and the resulting productivity gain! ;-) alan