my files!!! well ill be darned... and i thought i had a bad file transfer... next install fest you can down that pizza with an ice cold Carlsberg... -munir > The problem here would be that you're trying to > un-gzip a bzip'ed file. > Have you tried `tar Ixvf foo.tar.bz'? > > Also note that the GNU tar folks keep changing the > (un)bzip2 parameter. > The safest command line for it is probably `tar > --bzip2 -xvf foo.tar.bz2' > > -- > _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ Atheist > = Deity > / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ > Disadvantaged. > \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) > > [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | > mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] > > --__--__-- > ===== -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GAT GIT dpu- s:- a19 C++ UL P+ L+(++) E--- W+ N+ w(--) K? O-- M- V- PS+ PE-(--) Y-- PGP-(---) t 5+++ X R tv-- b+++ D++ DI++ G e+ h+() r- y+ UF++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/