it only makes sense, zip deflated the individual files and tar is ignorance of that requirement. hence the untar, then unzip. you might consider $tar czvf /tmp/bob.tar.gz /home/bobg/ then each file is compressed by tar on the way to the tarball. i think then you can do a $tar xzvf /tmp/bob.tar.gx /home/bobg/somefile and i think that might do what you want. but test first! :) On 06/07/2010 02:58 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 07/06/10 17:52, Luc MAIGNAN wrote: > >> tar -xzvf bobg.tar.gz file_to_extract >> >> "man tar" is your friend... >> >> Le 07/06/10 23:48, Bob Goodwin a écrit : >> >> >>> I have /home/bobg/ tar'd to "bobg.tar.gz." Can I extract individual >>> files or directories without unzipping the entire 17 gigs? >>> >>> Bob >>> >>> -- >>> >>> > Yes I've been working with "man tar" and Google so thought I would > come to the place of last resort. > > AS I suspected it probably has to be unzipped first but that's ok, > just a thought. > > Thanks. > > Bob > > > -- Jack Craig Software Engineer 831.461.7100 x120 www.extraview.com -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
