Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 07/06/10 17:52, Luc MAIGNAN wrote: >> 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? >> >> tar -xzvf bobg.tar.gz file_to_extract >> >> "man tar" is your friend... > > 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. bob, as luc maignan points out, there is a way to get your single file. my concerns are with fact that if a file is broken, tar stops. i would hope that this has changed. i do not know as i use 'cpio' scripts for archiving, because cpio will skip a broken file. plus, cpio works great with tape archiving, usb memory sticks, usb drives. to archive; find $1 -depth | sort | cpio -o -aBcv > $2.cpio to un-archive; cpio -i -Bcv < $1.cpio wherein, $1 = source, $2 = target. which could, i imagine, as i have never tried, be modified for zip compression by using, to archive; find $1 -depth | sort | zip -** | cpio -o -aBcv > $2.cpio to un-archive; [not sure which, would have to try to see] cpio -i -Bcv < $1.cpio | grep filename.zip | zip -** or cpio -i -Bcv < $1.cpio | zip -** filename.zip where '-**' would be your zip arguments. see: man find, man sort, man cpio, man zip, man tar. something i would suggest; zipping paths to several zip files before tarring. archiving to several files in event there is a non recoverable corruption so all would not be lost. apply old adage about 'all your eggs in one basket'. hth. -- peace out. tc,hago. g . **** in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it. to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ ****
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