On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 04:55:43PM +1000, Chris Share wrote: > I've transferred these from my Debian CD and "un-bzipped" them. Now I've > got a .tar package that I need to unpack. > > I've tried to unpack this file using tar -x kernel-source-2.4.18.tar > however nothing happens.
It's 'tar xf kernel-source-2.4.18.tar'. But next time you get whatever.tar.bz2, you can do it in one step: bzcat whatever.tar.bz2 | tar xf - Note the dash at the end. This by itself means from standard input. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]