Re: [DEBIAN] version of tar that does bzip2

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Subject: Re: [DEBIAN] version of tar that does bzip2
From: Oleg Krivosheev <kriol@fnal.gov>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 10:19:58 -0500 (CDT)
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] 199906040833.IAA26927@oshima.sonytel.be> (message from Nico De Ranter on Fri, 04 Jun 1999 10:33:28 +0200 (CDT))
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   Howdy,

hi there

   is there a version of tar somewhere that will recognize bzip2
   compression?  I don't like untarring in two passes :-)

huh !?!

pipes are your friend

bunzip2 -dc aaa.tar.bz2 | tar xvvf -


   Nico

OK

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