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



On 2025-08-07 09:33:34 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 07, 2025 at 07:00:31 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > My questions:
> >   1. Can individual files or directories be extracted from XYZ.tar.xz ?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> >   2. Is there a compressed format that makes above convenient?
> 
> If you plan to do this repeatedly, the .zip format is a superior
> choice.

But it is quite bad for compression. The 7z format (implemented by
7-Zip) should be much better.

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