Re: untarring tar file into specific directory

2002-01-14 Thread ben
On Monday 14 January 2002 10:44 am, MH wrote: > > "Elizabeth" == Elizabeth Barham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Elizabeth> you can also untar into a specific directory by going > Elizabeth> to the directory itself and untarring their, e.g. > > Elizabeth> tar xzf ../../oldtzs/xyz.t

Re: untarring tar file into specific directory

2002-01-14 Thread MH
> "Elizabeth" == Elizabeth Barham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Elizabeth> you can also untar into a specific directory by going Elizabeth> to the directory itself and untarring their, e.g. Elizabeth> tar xzf ../../oldtzs/xyz.tar.gz Elizabeth> hth elizabeth That's right, I kno

Re: untarring tar file into specific directory

2002-01-14 Thread Elizabeth Barham
you can also untar into a specific directory by going to the directory itself and untarring their, e.g. tar xzf ../../oldtzs/xyz.tar.gz hth elizabeth

Re: untarring tar file into specific directory

2002-01-14 Thread David Z Maze
Darren Wyn Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What option do I give tar to untar a file into a specific location ? > > I've backed up /var; re-formatted the partition, and now I want to > untar things back to /var. I've gone through the manual, but can't > find the right option. (I need something

Re: untarring tar file into specific directory

2002-01-14 Thread MH
> "Darren" == Darren Wyn Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Darren> What option do I give tar to untar a file into a specific Darren> location ? I've backed up /var; re-formatted the Darren> partition, and now I want to untar things back to /var. Darren> I've gone through the ma