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the bz2, means it is a bzip2 compression format.  tar -xjf will uncompress the
.tar.bz2 archive.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Murphy" <mweeby@verizon.net>
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Subject: A tar question


> Hi all.
> I recently downloaded a version of MPlayer but the archive is a type I've
> never seen before.
> the file name is MPlayer-1.0pre6.tar.bz2, and I've never seen the .bz2
> extention.  Can I
> use tar to unpack this, and what options should I use, or do I need
> another utility to do it?
> Thanks.
>   -- 
> dan Murphy
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