extract the tar file
 

Hi Guys,

How do I extract a tar file from one directory to another.

e.g /data1/test.tar to /data2

Thanks....

Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!

Check the -C option of tar (C uppercase).

Thanks for the reply...

Lest say I have the file like /data1/test.tar and I normally use tar -xvf test.tar.

Now I want to untar this file to a different directory...how do I redirect the extract to that directory?

Thanks...

if this is a terminal only headless set up then use the terminal
BUT
if you have gnome or KDE installed ( or any desktop environment)
why not use the gui
for Gnome that is "file-roller"

just double click on the tar file and use that .

Thanks,

I don' have access of GUI--how can I perform that using command.

the very first step would to read the output of two commands
the man page and the help page
all this is explained in the program manual ( man tar)
and in the help ( -- help)

almost every ( about 99.9% ) linux program has a help page .
and most have a manual

It would go like this:

Alternatively, you could navigate to the target directory and execute the tar command from there. That's pretty much what the -C option does anyway.