Extract file from tar home/

[Mike McCarty]

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> Without looking at the source code one can't be sure, but I'd be
> surprised if that were literally true. IOW I doubt that tar decompresses
> everything to a temp file and then searches for the target. It should

I know that it does not, as I've done that sort of thing with tarballs
split across multiple DVDs, and for which I had not enough free disc
space to decompress the whole thing.

Mike
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