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>>>> tar xvfp SYSTEM.tar.bz2 |
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>>> To extract bzip2 files with tar, you need to add the "j" option. |
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>> That hasn't been needed for a long time. Tar is able to detect bzip2 and |
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>> gzip compression and handle it automatically. |
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> That's only true for GNU tar. If you're also dealing with other |
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> systems where you might not have GNU tar, you might be "surprised" |
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> to find that "tar xvf file.tgz" doesn't work. |
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> Hence I think, that it is a good idea to keep on using z or j. |
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Not all of them speak any squish factor, leaving: |
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gzip -dc blah.tar.gz | tar xvf -; |
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(or bzip/bzip2) as the most portable route. |
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