Re: Tar ...
CaT (cat@zip.com.au)
Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:53:41 +1100 (EST)
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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