Re: Stupid question #477 - how to unpack .bz2 files

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

> 
>  I actually tried to send this one last night, but it appears to have
> got lost in the ether.
> 
>  How do I unpack .bz2 files? I`ve tried gzip and zip/unzip but that
> doesn`t help.
> 
>  Cheers.
> 

Most distributions come with a program bzip2 (and associated bunzip2 - but 
technically its the same program). Just run:
	bunzip2 <file>
or
	bzip2 -d <file>

If you don't seem to have it and can't find it on your dist, then freshmeat 
(www.freshmeat.net) should help you find it. Doing a quick search myself, its 
(bzip2) homepage is: http://sourceware.cygnus.com/bzip2/

Hope that helps,

Chris...


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