UNIX admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > > gtar xvfz filename.tar.bz2
> > 
> > gtar jxfz ;)
>
> Did you miss my point? (;-)
>
> What if my archive is compressed with LZX, or LhA, or zoo? What will GNU tar 
> do then? Or will I be left "in the dark", to fend for myself?

GNU tar will not handle it.

star will automatically handle all types of compression that may be unpacked 
with:

-       compress
-       gzip
-       bzip2
-       lzop
-       p7zip

Jörg

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