From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Jan 30 20:10: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from nycsmtp1out.rdc-nyc.rr.com (nycsmtp1out.rdc-nyc.rr.com [24.29.99.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8CDA37B405 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 20:10:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from scottro11.homeunix.net (24-168-24-239.nyc.rr.com [24.168.24.239]) by nycsmtp1out.rdc-nyc.rr.com (8.12.1/Road Runner SMTP Server 1.0) with SMTP id g0V49OfZ013020; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 23:09:29 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 13:18:01 -0500 From: Scott Robbins To: Scott Corey Cc: uzs106@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bla.bz2, what is that ? Message-Id: <20020131131801.461f97e3.scottro@nyc.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <3C58BF9F.CE2882AA@bsdprophet.org> References: <20020131031140.L1377-100000@localhost.b.lab.net> <3C58BF9F.CE2882AA@bsdprophet.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.0 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386--freebsd4.5) Mime-Version: 1.0 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 On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 21:53:03 -0600 Scott Corey wrote: > man bzip2 I always go back and forth in my mind about this--sometimes, I think it's good to send a beginner to a man page, other times, it seems like answering a 5 year old's questions about reproduction by handing them a PhD thesis on DNA. :) In this case the man page is a bit rough for a beginner. The answer he needs is: tar -yxvf filename.tar.bz2 Or tar -jxvf filename.tar.bz2 After doing that, however, you might then try Mr. Corey's advice--I've often thought that one good way to learn how to use man pages is to look at the ones for the commands you already know--then, you get used to the layout, etc, and as you get more advanced, it becomes easier and easier to make good use of them. (Also look at the man page for tar) Scott Robbins > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message