SaltyCrane Blog

Notes on Python, Django, and web development on Ubuntu Linux

Date: Jan. 25, 2008 | Tags: cygwin, linux, ubuntu | 2 Comments

If you know the answer, please leave a comment.

1. How do I unpack a tarball to a specific directory?

I know I can uncompress a tar file in the current working directory with tar –xvf mytarfile.tar. Can I upack it to another directory instead?

#1 Leonardo commented on 2008-01-26:

You can use the -C modifier:

tar -C destination_path -xvf yourtarfile.tar

#2 sofeng commented on 2008-01-28:

leonardo:
Thanks a lot!


Name:	Required
Email:	Required, but not displayed
Website:	Optional
Comment:	Format using Markdown. (No HTML.) Code blocks: prefix each line by at least 4 spaces or 1 tab (and a blank line before and after) Code span: surround with backticks Blockquotes: prefix lines to be quoted with > Links: <URL> Links w/ description: [description](URL)