Messages in this thread | | | From | CaT <> | Subject | Re: Tar ... | Date | Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:53:41 +1100 (EST) |
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menion wrote the following: > > > > worked on some boxes while > > > > bunzip2 <file> | tar -xvf - > > > > worked on all (or more) I know which one I'd give out as an answer to > > a query. > > > > Better still, I'd answer 'man tar' and 'man bzip2' or tar --help and > > bzip2 --help and tell them to contact me if they still have a specific > > hassle. Might even provide some additional info which would help > > acquire clue from the helpfiles. > > I usually have to use > bunzip2 -c <file> | tar x[v]
Forgot about the -c. ALWAYS do. :)
Plus when I started using tar -f was mandatory in this repsect. :)
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