Extract file from tar home/

[Bob Goodwin]

On 07/06/10 19:21, Mike McCarty wrote:
> 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
>    


    Sorry, I misunderstood his response to my question.

    Bob



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