From a1f7a986b8d708f9290da9799ca1b8d7082fad3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lasse Collin Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:47:25 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Add a simple tip to faq.txt about tar and xz. Thanks to Gilles Espinasse. --- THANKS | 1 + doc/faq.txt | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS index 40b8689..00f4dbc 100644 --- a/THANKS +++ b/THANKS @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ has been important. :-) In alphabetical order: - Markus Duft - İsmail Dönmez - Robert Elz + - Gilles Espinasse - Mike Frysinger - Joachim Henke - Peter Ivanov diff --git a/doc/faq.txt b/doc/faq.txt index 14860e7..8e87457 100644 --- a/doc/faq.txt +++ b/doc/faq.txt @@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ A: For now, no. Since XZ Utils supports the .lzma format, it's usually tool, contact Lasse Collin and offer some money. +Q: I have installed xz, but my tar doesn't recognize .tar.xz files. + How can I extract .tar.xz files? + +A: xz -dc foo.tar.xz | tar xf - + + Q: Can I recover parts of a broken .xz file (e.g. corrupted CD-R)? A: It may be possible if the file consists of multiple blocks, which -- 2.7.4