tar/gziped file: file.tar.gz tar xfz file.tar.gz extract_me.file The option 'z' mean pass it through gzip. Note it will still take a while, if the file is deep in the archive. Tar is a concatenation of files. Note, if it's tarred with a path: ie devl/315/test.c Use the full path as the extract_me.file Cory On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 09:45:48AM -0800, Rob Hudson wrote: > Anyone know of a way to do this? > > I need a single file out of a 1.6GB tar archive. It takes a _long_ > time to untar|ungzip the archive. Is there a way to get that one file > out if I know the exact name of it? > > Thanks, > Rob
