From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Jan 30 19:51:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from Amelia.bsdprophet.org (cherry46.theshop.net [63.67.33.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38A6037B405 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 19:51:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from bsdprophet.org (localhost.bsdprophet.org [127.0.0.1]) by Amelia.bsdprophet.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g0V3r3t02200; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 21:53:03 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from scott@bsdprophet.org) Message-ID: <3C58BF9F.CE2882AA@bsdprophet.org> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 21:53:03 -0600 From: Scott Corey X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Heiko Recktenwald Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bla.bz2, what is that ? References: <20020131031140.L1377-100000@localhost.b.lab.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org man bzip2 Heiko Recktenwald wrote: > > Hi, it is a question but an extremly trivial more or less untechnical: > I saw some files with the extension bz2. bunzip was wrong. > It seems to be a rather common format, what is it, how can I decode it ? > > Thanks, > > H. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message -- To those accustomed to the precise, structured methods of conventional system development, exploratory development techniques may seem messy, inelegant, and unsatisfying. But it's a question of congruence: precision and flexibility may be just as dysfunctional in novel, uncertain situations as sloppiness and vacillation are in familiar, well-defined ones. Those who admire the massive, rigid bone structures of dinosaurs should remember that jellyfish still enjoy their very secure ecological niche. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message