On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have cygwin > I have a file with a foo.tar.gz2 extension. > Odd, it must be a typo of either: foo.tar.bz2 or boo.tar.gz
> How to I extract the tarball contained within? > > I tried gzip -dv foo.tar.gz2, but I get > [snip] > gzip: foo.tar.bz2: unknown suffix -- ignored > [/snip] > as a response > You could try to rename it to foo.tar.gz so the suffix would not be unrecognized. > I tried tar -tvf foo.tar.gz2, but I get > [snip] > tar: This does not look like a tar archive > tar: Skipping to next header > tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > [/snip] > We'll assume it is compressed somehow, so that obviously wouldn't work. > I also tried bunzip foo.tar.gz2, but bunzip is apparently not installed because I get > [snip] > 'bunzip' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. > [/snip] > > I looked in the cygwin setup section for archive, and bunzip or bzip isn't listed > ... likewise in base and other sections. > It's bunzip2. > Any assistance would be appreciated. > Try tar zxvf foo.tar.gz or tar jxvf foo.tar.bz2. > I am, scratching my head, > I would be some too :). -- Brian Ford Senior Realtime Software Engineer VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems FlightSafety International Phone: 314-551-8460 Fax: 314-551-8444 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
