hi ya On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Mike Egglestone wrote:
> Hi, > > I have a normal backup tar file of my /home directory. > Is it possible to extract certain or specific files out of this > tar file without having to untar the entire file first? # # go to some work area where yu know you will not accidentally # overwrite new files with the older directories/files form backup # cd /tmp tar ztvf /mnt/Backup/foo.backup.tgz etc/passwd home/egglestone/file when ready to extract those files ... use zxvfp instead of ztvf do a diff first o make sure and than mv it to /home or where you want it c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
