Note to self: tar parameters
by Volker Weber
tar.gz -> -xvzf
tar.bz2 -> -xvjf
tar -> -xvf
This will never stick in my brain, so I better write this down. :-)
Comments
Just in case: To create some archives, just replace the 'x' with a 'c' and add the files you want to pack as additional parameters <g> So 'tar -cvjf mytar.tar.bz2 whatever/' will create a file named mytar.tar.bz2, containing all the files and subdirs below (and including) the directory 'whatever'.
Stefan Rubner, 2003-05-27
