Re: Unpacking VIM

[Mike Gorse <mgorse mgorse dhs org>]

On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Shaun Oliver wrote:

> tar xyf filename.tar.bz2
> the y option should tell tar to pipe through bzip2

That depends which distribution and version of tar you are using.
Originally the option was -y, then it was changed to -I, then to -j.  The
latest "stable" version of tar (v1.13) is more than three years old and
has no bzip2 option, but most distributions are either using newer beta
versions or applying ad-hoc patches to add in bzip2 support with differing
letters for the option.  It is a mess for the time being.