Your options are out of order. tar xzf filename.bz2 though should work a bit better. x On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, John J. Boyer wrote: > Hello, > I just downloaded vim-6.1.tar.bz2 . When I run > tar xfz vim-6.1.tar.bz2 > I get an error message saying it is not in gzip format. When I run > tar xf vim-6.1.tar.bz2 > I get a message saying that it does not look like a tar file. What gives? > Thanks. > John > > > -- > Computers to Help People, Inc. > http://www.chpi.org > 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >