Re: extracting tarball to a location other than ./

[marko.helle@pp.nic.fi]

Hi Matt,

Try:
tar xf tarball.tar -C destdir

:)Marko

> ok, I give up -- how do I tell tar to extract a tarball to a location
> other than ./ ?  I 've been through the info pages but didn't notie
> the solution in any of the obvious places.
>
> thanks,
> matt
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