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Date:      Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:04:25 -0400
From:      "Glenn McCalley" <glenn@mail.bnetmd.net>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   tar won't extract a dir
Message-ID:  <CAFA98949C984D00A99B717517C8C364@GLENN2>

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Hello all, never had tar refuse to extract a directory from an archive 
before.

tar archive is:
htdocs.1201.tar.gz

tar tzf htdocs.1201.tar.gz | grep standrewsglenwood
...shows a list of files contained within the archived dir:
htdocs/standrewsglenwood/<many whatevers>

yet the command:
tar xzf htdocs.1201.tar.gz  htdocs/standrewsglenwood
...extracts nothing.
I've tried an individual file in that dir with no success.
I've tried other files and dirs with no success.
??
Glenn. 





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