How can I untar a tar.bz file in unix?

Question

I\'ve found tons of pages saying how to untar tar.bz2 files, but how would one untar a tar.bz file?

Answer 1

If it's really an old bzip 1 archive, try:

bunzip archive.tar.bz

and you'll have a standard tar file. Otherwise, it's the same as with .tar.bz2 files.