Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:42:34 +0200 From: Olivier Cortes <olive@deep-ocean.net> To: m p <sumirati@yahoo.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re: How to untar a .tgz file Message-ID: <20010822174234.A37914@APastourelles-102-1-2-26.abo.wa> In-Reply-To: <20010822150841.63108.qmail@web13302.mail.yahoo.com>; from sumirati@yahoo.de on Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 05:08:41PM %2B0200 References: <20010822150841.63108.qmail@web13302.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 05:08:41PM +0200, m p wrote: > It should be: > > tar -xzvf /file/to/untar.tgz /path/to/extract/to no, no. this way your are trying to find the file "/path/to/extract/to" in the archive and extract it in your current working dir. with gnu tar (gtar), you can use option -C /path to do what you want. with bsd tar (the one aimed here), i don't know. i go in the good dir before extracting ! olivier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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