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deepblue_86
Asked: 2014-11-11 04:25:24 +0800 CST

tar command for another directory

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I have a tarball (x.tar) in home/sermet directory. When I'm in different directory on terminal like, /opt#, I want to untar the x.tar in its current directory (home/sermet). How can I perform it?

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2 Answers

  1. tar xvf /home/sermet/x.tar /home/sermet/

    Mind you this will mess up your /home/sermet/ if the tar has not got subdirectories in it.

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  2. Best Answer

    Wherever you be

    tar -xf /home/sermet/x.tar -C /home/sermet/

    That will extract x.tar in your home.

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