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Old 12-19-2005, 01:46 PM   #1
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Untar File to a specific location !


Is it possible to untar a tar file into a specific location instead of the current directory ? For example if I have test.tar in /home/test and want to extract the contents of the tar into /tmp/, can it be done.

Did try searching around, but everywhere untarrring seems to be done only into the current directory.
I know copying the tar to a specific location and untarring is just one more command, but I wanted to know whether I could do away with that extra command !
 
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Old 12-19-2005, 01:59 PM   #2
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tar -xf /home/test/test.tar -C /tmp
 
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Old 12-19-2005, 06:35 PM   #3
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man tar would have been helpful here..
 
Old 12-19-2005, 07:14 PM   #4
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Thnx berhanie !!

Well i did check out the manpage, but not thorougly enough I guess !!
 
  


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