On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 11:16:04AM -0500, Peng Yu wrote: > The above command by default extract the files to the current > directory. How to extract it to some other directory (if the directory > doesn't exist, then create a new one)? Is there an option for this?
Yes. The manual page mentions the -C option that will extract an archive under the specified directory name. There is also a tool named "dtrx" that automatically extracts many archive formats to a new subdirectory.
