Re: Just joined and am here to learn more about Linux and computer security

[Scott <talbotscott cox net>]

Paul Howarth wrote:

> On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 13:43 -0700, Scott wrote:
>  
>
> > Paul Howarth wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > Kaushik Chauhan wrote:
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > Anyone know how to open following file ?
> > > > ( I am new to linux )
> > > >
> > > > rhel-rg-en-4.tbz
> > > >        
> > > This is like a zip file in Windows, in that it contains a bunch of 
> > > files collected together and then compressed.
> > >
> > > You can extract the files like this:
> > > $ tar xvfj rhel-rg-en-4.tbz
> > > You'll see the names of the files as they are extracted.
> > >
> > > (the "$" above represents the shell prompt - the command you type 
> > > starts with "tar")
> > >
> > > Paul.
> > >
> > >      
> > the "f" argument must be last  before filename (which is what the f 
> > stands for) with tar, so use instead
> >
> > tar  xjvf rhel-rg-en-4.tbz
> >    
>
> You haven't tried it the other way, have you Scott ;-)
>
> Paul.
>  
   Paul:

Not in ages!  In fact it was probably about when I first started in 
Linux, around RH 7.2 or so (ah the good ol' days!) Even then, I probably 
just read that in a book. Come to think of it, I don't think I've 
touched more than 1 .bz file in the last year.  Thanks Paul