tar + bunzip2

[John Voigt]

On 11/14/2003 10:20 AM, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:08:55 -0500
> John Voigt <jvoigt at reclamation.dnr.state.in.us> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>>You can also use the -j option to tar:
>>
>># tar -xjvf file.tar.bz2
> 
> 
> My tar does not list this. If the file is gzip'd, then the 'z' option can be
> used as you suggest. I really need to update my work desktop. I see this
> option on a newer box.

Yup. I'm running various SuSE distributions from 8.1-9.0 and they all 
have this option. My only remaining Caldera box (eD2.4), however, does 
not. It appears to have been added in newer versions of GNU tar.

HTH,

John V.
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