tar help

[Mitch Contla]

On 5/3/07, Kit Goins <kompukit at gmail.com> wrote:
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> it's
>
> tar -xvf collection.tar
>
> thats it...nothing more...this will unpack the
> archive in the present directory
>
>
>
> On 5/3/07, User Iam <vramnum10 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hi
> >
> > can't seem to get this right..
> >
> > Need to untar a file and put it in a directory in root /
> >
> > SO it is tar -xvf some.tar   ????
> >
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > User Iam
> > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users>
> >
>
> <-- snip --> <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users>
>
>
You can use the -C option to change directory prior to untar, this way you
don't have to first navigate to the target directory, like this:

# tar -xvf some.tar -C /

Of course if you are not root, you need to use sudo.

man tar is a great thing. :)

-- 
Mitch
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