not a criticism, merely a note.  adding a z or j to the options will
compress said tarfile, which greatly decreases the size of things like text.
tar xjvf file.tar.bz2 /files/to/tar/*
On Dec 3, 2011 8:14 PM, "Jim March" <1.jim.march@gmail.com> wrote:

> I thought tar files were used by roofing companies?
>
> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> > oh yeah.... if any of you want the file let me know.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I made my first tar file just a few minutes ago! I wanted to put the new
> >> kernel on the other machine too because from what I've read the 3.x.x
> >> version of the kernel does all sorts of nice things. One of those nice
> >> things is that it automatically defragments now. What other  nice things
> >> have you discovered about it?
> >>
> >> Anyways, there i go off on another tangent....As I was saying, what I
> did
> >> is combined the three files together (with another with instructions to
> >> install it) with tar  and emailed it to myself with the command:
> >>
> >>      tar cjf 3.1.4.tar.zip *
> >>
> >> So let's open this up to discussion. If you don't think that was the
> best
> >> way to do it let's hear some constructive criticism.
> >>
> >> --
> >> :-)~MIKE~(-:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > :-)~MIKE~(-:
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