Re: bunzip2 -c linux-2.2.10.tar.bz2 | untar -xvp

CaT (cat@zip.com.au)
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 00:52:59 +1000


On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 08:48:58AM -0600, Dan Egli wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Fred Silva wrote:
>
> > At 14:47 16/06/99 +0100, Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> > >The correct command is:
> > >bzip2 -dc linux-2.2.10.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
> >
> > Or
> >
> > tar xvfy linux-2.2.10.tar.bz2
> >
> > Até mais...
> > []´s Fred Silva - fs@infonet.com.br
>
> What kind of hacked Tar are you using? MY tar says the y paramater is yes
> to all yes/no queries. Tar (the one I have, at least) has no support for
> bzip2.

There is a patch ont he bzip2 homepage that lets tar use bzip2 when used
with the -y switch just like it would use gzip when used with -z.

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