2008/8/19 Frode Egeland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To extract a .bz2, you'll need to add a 'j' in the tar options: > tar -xjvf 29207-aasaver-0.3.2.tar.bz2 > > Cheers, > Frode >
Please note, that the "tar" command is one of the few commands that does NOT require a "-" prefix for its options. ..... sorry, I cannot help being precise; no offence intended. Cheers, Andre > On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Mark M Lambert < > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>wrote: > >> >> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:50:37 +0930, "Dale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> > Hi, >> > >> > it is explained on this page if you took the time to read it. >> > >> > >> http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/KDE+Asciiquarium?content=29207&PHPSESSID=78551e6732845c0cc0ff47d4ebe89120 >> > >> > Regards Dale >> > >> >> I took time to read that page, and no Dale, it does not answer Peter's >> question about how to extract the archive. So for Peter, make sure you >> are in the directory that has the archive file, then command you >> need to extract it is: >> tar -xvf 29207-aasaver-0.3.2.tar.bz2 >> >> .. then follow the >> directions on the page that Dale linked to. >> Peter, you will find that you use the tar command quite a bit if you are >> extracting archives (at the command line), so it is a good idea to make >> a note of it somewhere. I use Tomboy for keeping notes of handy shell >> commands, not sure what the KDE equivalent is. >> >> Cheers >> Mark >> > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > >
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