Linux File Extensions

Tue Apr 27 06:53:46 EDT 2010

Thank you. 

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On Behalf Of Samuel Thibault
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 6:46 AM
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Subject: Re: Linux File Extensions

JP Jamous, le Tue 27 Apr 2010 06:23:27 -0400, a écrit :
> I run into this extension sometimes. What does it mean? Is this a 
> compressed file or is it like a EXE in windows? ".tar.bz2"

It is a compressed file, like .zip files. Use

tar xjf file.tar.bz2

to uncompress it

Samuel
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