Extract file from tar home/

[Mike McCarty]

Bob Goodwin wrote:
> On 07/06/10 18:08, jack craig wrote:
>> it only makes sense, zip deflated the individual files and tar is
>> ignorance of that requirement.
>> hence the untar, then unzip.
>>
>> you might consider
>>
>> $tar czvf /tmp/bob.tar.gz  /home/bobg/
>>
>> then each file is compressed by tar on the way to the tarball.
>> i think then you can do a
>>
>> $tar xzvf /tmp/bob.tar.gx /home/bobg/somefile
>>
>> and i think that might do what you want.
>>
>> but test first! :)
>>    
> 
>     No, that doesn't seem to work. I can list the whole thing  but not
>     individual directories or files.
> 
>     That's ok, I just thought there might have been a way that I had missed.

Either you have a broken tar, or you aren't using it right. It's
intended to work that way, and has always worked that way.

Mike
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