How To extract .tar.gz To A Specific Directory?
 

Hello everyone,


The command "tar -zxvf foo.tar.gz" will extract the tar file foo to the current directory. I am wondering how to extract the tar file to a specific directory.


thanks in advance & have a good weekend,
George

That's very simple, try the command:

Edit:
By the way, the -C /path can be placed after the file itself too.

Hi,

Try this command.

tar -zxvf <tar file name> -C /<directory Name you want to restore>.

Thanks.

Anand.
:study:

unix_anand,


Cool! It works for me!


regards,
George

Thetargos,


I found that your command does not work. But the following command works,

tar zxf foo.tar.gz -C /some/dir


regards,
George