Re: Extracting indiviual files or directories from XYZ.tar.xz - Possible?

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Subject: Re: Extracting indiviual files or directories from XYZ.tar.xz - Possible?
From: John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2025 10:07:57 -0500
Message-id: <[🔎] 87ldnvi302.fsf@sugarbit.com>
Reply-to: john@sugarbit.com (John Hasler)
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20fa650e-4b44-7062-81ce-1137ca774048@access.net> (Richard Owlett's message of "Thu, 7 Aug 2025 10:01:01 -0500")
References: <[🔎] 90382ad9-6a12-a8f4-a81f-ff06b6a82f04@access.net> <[🔎] 3183cc70-d8ed-a559-8ecc-9ede3448c1c5@stanis.net> <[🔎] 20fa650e-4b44-7062-81ce-1137ca774048@access.net>

Just uppack the tarfile and then ignore or delete the stuff you
aren't interested in.

What are you actually trying to do?
-- 
John Hasler 
john@sugarbit.com
Elmwood, WI USA

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