Tar command

satimis · 11-03-2003, 09:30 PM

Hi folks

What will be the correct syntax to untar a tarball to a selected folder

e.g.

Tarball in /user/download/xxx-000.tar.gz
Preferred to untar to /opt/

$ tar zxvf /user/download/xxx-000.tar.gz -C /opt/

will a directory 'xxx-000' be automatically created under /opt/xxx-000

Kindly advise.

Thanks in advance.

B.R.
satimis

Tinkster · 11-03-2003, 09:44 PM

The name of the tarball does not
necessarily reflect the name or
structure of the content.

If the tarball i.e. contained just
files, no directory structure, you'd
get all files extracted to /opt

Cheers,
Tink

slakmagik · 11-03-2003, 10:06 PM

Try 'tar tzvf file.tar.gz' to see the contents - that'll show you the directories (if any) that will be created at and below the target directory when you actually extract it. (At least, it should - may depend on how the thing was tarred, but I think it does in all circumstances.) I need to 'man tar' on that, and you could too. *g*

satimis · 11-03-2003, 10:34 PM

Hi all

Noted with thanks

satimis