On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 07:04 -0600, Rigler, Stephen C. wrote: > If the archive, "x.tar.gz", has a file that you want called "z.doc" > then if you only want to extract the one file do: > > tar xvzf x.tar.gz z.doc This is true, AND you must match the path as stored in the archive. So for example, if you have an archive with: xyz/1.abc Then you must use: tar xf x.tar xyz/1.abc -- C. Linus Hicks <lhicks at nc dot rr dot com> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list