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| From: | Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] tar a brand new Gentoo install to a USB drive for safe keeping? | ||
| Date: | Mon, 05 May 2008 08:37:58 | ||
| Message-Id: | 20080505093749.7a5faf56@loonquawl.digimed.co.uk | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-user] tar a brand new Gentoo install to a USB drive for safe keeping? by Ian Graeme Hilt |
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| 1 | On Mon, 5 May 2008 00:04:44 -0400, Ian Graeme Hilt wrote: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | > > tar xvfp SYSTEM.tar.bz2 |
| 4 | > |
| 5 | > To extract bzip2 files with tar, you need to add the "j" option. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | That hasn't been needed for a long time. Tar is able to detect bzip2 and |
| 8 | gzip compression and handle it automatically. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | |
| 11 | -- |
| 12 | Neil Bothwick |
| 13 | |
| 14 | The nice thing about Windows is - It does not just crash, |
| 15 | it displays adialog box and lets you press OK first. |
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| Re: [gentoo-user] tar a brand new Gentoo install to a USB drive for safe keeping? | Ian Graeme Hilt <ian.hilt@×××××.com> |
| [gentoo-user] Re: tar a brand new Gentoo install to a USB drive for safe keeping? | Michael Schmarck <michael.schmarck@×××××××××××××.de> |