Tar help in FreeBSD
 

I've got a 200MB file, var.tar in the /usr partition that I want to untar into my 300MB /var partition.

I can't copy the file there first and tar -xvf var.tar without running out of room.

What is the command to extract the files from the original directory to the destionation?


Thanks!

man tar


i don't remember it off the top of my head, but i do think there's a way to specify the destination.

Just go to the /var directory BEFORE unpacking and type this:

tar xvf /usr/var.tar

It will unpack to the directory you're currently in.

:1orglaugh

thanks bro! I must be really braindead right now... :)

How much tar would a var untar if a var could untar tar?