This file is in the new bzip compression format. You will need to use the bunzip2 utility to decompress it before you untar it. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 8/29/2002 at 4:47 PM 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