On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 00:36 +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi Ed, > > > Ahhh... filename.bz2 is a compressed "filename". It probably isn't > > a > > tar file or text file. Not every file is "readable" in plain text. > > Noted with tks. > > Following was my finding; > > On clicking the .bz2 tarball on File-Manager "Ark" will start with the > .bz2 tarball file on it. Again clicking the .bz2 tarball there will > start another "Ark" window with all files/directories in decompressed > state but without actually decompressed. High-light a file/directory > on the second window and drag-and-drop it on File-Manager will copy the > file/directory there decompressed. > If you double click the tarball file-roller will open up to view/decompress/etc the contained files. It behaves similarly to winzip and works well for me. I believe this is what you refer to as Ark. > The above is what I need, to copy files/directories from .bz2 tarball > for editing without decompressing the tarball. > > My goal is to transfer data between computers on CD/DVD. After burning > their properties change but I need to retain their original so I have > to "tar -jcpf tarball.bz2" creating a compressed tarball. Then I get > it burned on CD/DVD. > > I'm also searching another alternative. Any suggestion? TIA > > Furthermore I don't know whether I can add an edited file/directory > back to .bz2 tarball again replacing the old one. Some compression > will allow doing this way. > > B.R. > SL >
