On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Philip Ferguson wrote:
>Hello.
>
>I was wondering if anyone could help me with this.
>
>What is the differnece between files with a .gz extension and files with a
>.bz2 extension?
.gz is gzip'd, bz2 is bzip2'd.
>How can I extract a file with a .bz2 extension?
Using bunzip
on mandrake type
tar -xyvf foo.tar.bz2
you could also type
tar -xyf foo.tar.bz2
- Original Message -
From: "Philip Ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 11:45 AM
Subject: [newbie] bz2 files
> Hello.
>
Thanks very much!
It works great now!
Phil
>From: "Charles A Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [newbie] bz2 files
>Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 14:12:27 -0400
>
>
>- Original Message --
bunzip2 the_file_name.tar.bz2
or
tar xyf the_file_name.tar.bz2
Should both work.
> > I was wondering if anyone could help me with this.
> >
> > What is the differnece between files with a .gz extension and files with a
> > .bz2 extension?
> >
> > How can I extract a file with a .bz2 extension?
>
- Original Message -
From: "Philip Ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 11:45 AM
Subject: [newbie] bz2 files
> Hello.
>
> I was wondering if anyone could help me with this.
>
> What is the differne
** Reply to message from "Philip Ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on
Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:45:44 EDT
> Hello.
>
> I was wondering if anyone could help me with this.
>
> What is the differnece between files with a .gz extension and files with a
> .bz2 extension?
bzip2 is a new compressor that uses
Hello.
I was wondering if anyone could help me with this.
What is the differnece between files with a .gz extension and files with a
.bz2 extension?
How can I extract a file with a .bz2 extension?
Thanks,
Phil
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