how to untar a specicic sub directory in a tarred directory
Skunks i have a tarred directory in a linux server which is like 300gb and i need to untar a specific sub directory (i can untar the whole dir but i simply dont have the space) in that tar directory..... can any skunkhead out there think of a command that can put me out of my predicament...google has failed me so far and the clock is ticking
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:11 AM, saich <saiched@gmail.com> wrote:
Skunks i have a tarred directory in a linux server which is like 300gb
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-extracting-specific-files/ BR, S -- Sent from my socks®
tar --extract --file=X.tar Y .. X.tar is the big file and Y is what to extract. On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Steve Muchai <smuchai@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:11 AM, saich <saiched@gmail.com> wrote:
Skunks i have a tarred directory in a linux server which is like 300gb
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-extracting-specific-files/
BR, S
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