* Linux File Extensions
@ JP Jamous
` Samuel Thibault
` Gaijin
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From: JP Jamous @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'
I run into this extension sometimes. What does it mean? Is this a compressed
file or is it like a EXE in windows? ".tar.bz2"
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* Re: Linux File Extensions
Linux File Extensions JP Jamous
@ ` Samuel Thibault
` JP Jamous
` Gaijin
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From: Samuel Thibault @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
JP Jamous, le Tue 27 Apr 2010 06:23:27 -0400, a écrit :
> I run into this extension sometimes. What does it mean? Is this a compressed
> file or is it like a EXE in windows? ".tar.bz2"
It is a compressed file, like .zip files. Use
tar xjf file.tar.bz2
to uncompress it
Samuel
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` Samuel Thibault
@ ` JP Jamous
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From: JP Jamous @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'
Thank you.
-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Samuel Thibault
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 6:46 AM
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: Re: Linux File Extensions
JP Jamous, le Tue 27 Apr 2010 06:23:27 -0400, a écrit :
> I run into this extension sometimes. What does it mean? Is this a
> compressed file or is it like a EXE in windows? ".tar.bz2"
It is a compressed file, like .zip files. Use
tar xjf file.tar.bz2
to uncompress it
Samuel
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* Re: Linux File Extensions
Linux File Extensions JP Jamous
` Samuel Thibault
@ ` Gaijin
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From: Gaijin @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Try using tar xvfj <tarfile.bz2 to decompress this file. You may have
to install the bzip2 compression package. bBzip2 is basically 30%
better than gzip for text files, while gzip is a little better than
bzip2 for binaries. For text files, bzip2 will usually compress files
up to 80%, where gzip only goes up to about 50%, so bz2 is basically
better for sourcecode packages. HTH,
Michael
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