Bzip2 is much smaller, and it works.
What is your exact problem? The solution
should be found, insted of trying to work
around your problem...

Goba

My problem is _exact_ as described I could not extract the file.
The bzip2 "chew" on the file for a while and then returned without any responce, _no_ files were extracted !

>> Bzip2 is much smaller, and it works.
Well, why not wait using that kind of stuff until an update for the WinZip and WinRara _both_ have been released, so we do not need to install god know how many different package programs ?

Thanks
  Olrik Larsen

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

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.

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 :-|

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  Olrik Larsen

Don't reopen unless you say which > file < your downloaded exactly. I think I will bogusify this soon; it's pointless.

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.

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 ?

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  Olrik Larsen

>> 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!
Guys!

I am extreemly sorry ! Hmm!
I did not notice that the file got renamed, I look for further files since I copied the bzip2 and the manual to a seperate folder, and as described, it seems like nothimg happened :-(

I thanks ye all anyway and I am very sorry!, I normaly do not write to anyone unless I am screwed up, it seems like I was a bit to fast this time, sorry!

BTW!
The file I downloaded was
ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/bzip2/v102/bzip2-102-x86-win32.exe

Thanks
  Olrik Larsen

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