how to handle *.bz2 file?

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"H . Gehrke-Tschudi" wrote:

> I have this mgetty-1.1.21-to-current.bz2 file.
> Can someone please point out to me which program I'll have to take
> to decompress it.
> Thanks
>
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Use bzip, available at:

http://sourceware.cygnus.com/bzip2/index.html

It is also included with most distributions these days.  'bunzip2
mgetty-1.1.21-to-current.bz2' should do the trick.

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