file-roller and bzip files
jludwig
wralphie at comcast.net
Fri Jul 2 15:32:35 UTC 2004
On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 11:17, D. D. Brierton wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 16:06, Mariano Draghi wrote:
> > Sorry! Mi fault. I meant:
> >
> > $] tar -zcvf foo.tar.bz foo
>
> You're still using the "z" option which means use gzip, not bzip2. There
> is no bzip shipped with FC, as far as I know bzip2 replaced bzip long
> ago.
>
> > No, I assume that with the (corrected) above command I create a *bzip*
> > (no bzip2) archive.
>
> There is no bzip in FC. There is gzip and bzip2.
>
> > > If you want to create a bzip2 tar
> > > archive then you need to use the "j" option to tar, not the "z" option,
> > > like so: tar -jcvf foo.tar.bz2 foo".
> >
> > Yes, I know. And that works.
> > To put it more clear:
> > tar -jcvf foo.tar.bz2 foo --> can be opened with file-roller
> > tar -zcvf foo.tar.bz foo --> CANNOT be opened with file-roller, it
> > fails saying that the archive isn't a valid bzip2 archive, which is
> > true, I mean, it is a bzip archive, not bzip2. The problem is that
> > file-roller is doing a WRONG assumption.
>
> No file-roller is assuming that the ".bz" suffix means that you used
> bzip2, whereas you have used gzip.
>
> > > It maybe the case that in the past file-roller automagically determined
> > > the archive type, but now simply goes by file extension.
> >
> > Ok, but if that is the case, isn't '.tar.bz' the standard extension for
> > bzip archives?
>
> Yes. And the standard program for decompressing that is bzip2!
>
> > How am I supposed to name a bzip archive for file-roller
> > to make the right guessing?
>
> But your archive are made with gzip, not bzip2! They should be named
> foo.tar.gz!
>
> Best, Darren
>
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> Trying is the first step towards failure (Homer Simpson)
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Use tar xvjf foo.bz or bz2 (The '-' is depreciated and no longer needed)
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jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net>
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