[indrema]

Sorry I’m really noob on Irix, how I can decompress a tar in a folder?
If I double click the system show me the file list into it but not decompress they.
TNX

[TruHobbyist]

Sorry I’m really noob on Irix, how I can decompress a tar in a folder?
If I double click the system show me the file list into it but not decompress they.
TNX

Hi

tar is not a compression algorithm, it is more like a bundle of files. To untar a tarfile/tarball:

# tar -xvf file.tar

Regards,
Tru

[bjames]

I’m a Unix newbie myself. Here is what I do.. assume the filed is called file.tar

If the file is copied to your user folder, in my case the user folder is called bjames

Open Unix she’ll and navigate to your user folder where you copied the .tar file to.

Type
cd /user/people/bjames

To untar the file named “file.tar”

Type
Tar -xf file.tar

A folder will be created automatically for the contents of the tar file.

If you have a file called “file.tar.gz”. Which is a zipped tar file

Go to the folder that contains the file as above

Type

gunzip file.tar.gz

It will unzip the file into a tar file

Then untar the file by typing

tar -xf file.tar

Then your done

[gijoe77]

btw the "-" isn't needed, if your a lazy typer like me.

tar xf file.tar

[indrema]

Hi guys, TNX for all the reply I ‘ve do it.

[sgiseller]

btw the "-" isn't needed, if your a lazy typer like me.  

tar xf file.tar

If I recall you and also explicitly defing root output directory
tar -xvf file.tar /usr2/backup/movies

anyone? has my memory faded from lack of use
man tar will also give some ideas

[Jan]

I tried that yesterday on IRIX 6.5.30 and
tar -xvf file.tar /somewhere/folder
is exctracting exactly nothing.
If the path is removed from the command, all the files and folders are extracted into the root dir.

What am I doing wrong?

[Raion]

You need to add the -C flag.

tar xf ports.tar -C /usr

Will put the contents of ports.tar in /usr

[robespierre]

That is correct. Without an option that consumes an argument, the default meaning of each argument is a filename to add or extract from an archive.
See 'man tar'

[stormy]

FYI tar is not Irix specific, it's in all Linux and BSDs. So you don't really need to be asking about tar's on a forum when you can just Google how to use tar. Just trying to save you time, and others.

ie; https://www.google.com/search?client=fir...to+use+tar