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 Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
