Bug #16476 Updated: unpacking

ID: 16476 Updated by: olrik@mercurygroup.dk Reported By: olrik@mercurygroup.dk -Status: Feedback +Status: Open Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Windows 2000 PHP Version: 4.1.2 New Comment: A small question on the fly (I hope)! Where do I ask Q's about howto for PHP (use of functionality), this one image related ? Thanks Olrik Larsen Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-07 14:10:50] sander@php.net Well, bzip2 is supposed to say nothing. If you do: bzip2 -d file.tar.bz2 it seems that nothing happend, but bzip2 unpacked the file, and removed the .bz2 extension, and now you have file.tar! You can unpack file.tar with GNU tar or with Winzip or similar. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-07 14:10:38] mfischer@php.net Don't reopen unless you say which > file < your downloaded exactly. I think I will bogusify this soon; it's pointless. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-07 14:07:12] olrik@mercurygroup.dk Guys! Sorry I didn't mean to start a discussion about package programs! It's just my _strong_ opinion to not use 3,4,5.. party tools until widely supported, again: I am sorry for the inconvinience. The bzip2 I used was the latest available on the page that the download page refers to. And I did read the help option for the program, and I also copied and pasted the command line as it is written on your download page. Wether or not the file is corrupted I can not tell but the bzip2 executed without errors and the help shows fine :-| Thanks Olrik Larsen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-07 13:57:54] mfischer@php.net winzip and winrar suck and aren't available on every platform and have bad compression. Anyway, the files unpack just fine on w2k with the right tools [tm] (i used cygwin, bunzip2). If it doesn't work for you your tools are broken or you don't know how to use them. It still may be a corrupted file though; but I'm not willing to test every bzip2 on that page unless you exactly tell which one causes you trouble. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-07 13:50:33] goba@php.net How many zip programs do you need to setup depends on what you already have. We have some recommendations for Windows users in our FAQ. My question was what is the error message. It seems nothing... :(( That does not help too much. Can anyone form the doc or dev team please test a bz2 manual on Win2k with actual bz2 tools? Goba ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/16476 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16476&edit=1