So I need to extract backup-lastest.tar.gz to the /var/www/html/ directory. How can I extract all files to that specific directory on Linux server? I am using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 EC2 cloud server. Please provide hints.
Yes the tar command provides the -C DIR option to change directory into the DIR and perform operation such as extrating files.
Extracting tar files to a specific directory
Say you have a file named foo.tgz and want to extract to the /tmp/ folder on Linux. You would write:
tar -zxvf foo.tgz /tmp/
Verify it:
cd /tmp/
ls -l
Extract .tar.gz files to /var/www/html/ directory
You must run the following as root or www-data user:
sudo tar -zxvf backup-lastest.tar.gz -C /var/www/html/
## verification ##
cd /var/www/html
ls -l
Where the tar options are as follows:
-
-z: Deal with compressed gzip file -
-x: Extract file -
-v: Verbose output -
-f: Input Filename -
-C /var/www/html/: Destination directory i.e. change to/var/www/html/directory before extracting files.
Extract only specific files from tar ball archive
Say you only need logo.jpg and put into the /var/www/html/, you would do:
sudo tar -zxvf backup-lastest.tar.gz logo.jpg -C /var/www/html/
sudo tar -zxvf backup-lastest.tar.gz css/main.css logo.jpg -C /var/www/html/
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