On Tue, April 3, 2007 10:59 am, Ross Drummond wrote: > On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:29, Roger Searle wrote:> >> >> stuff about extracting tar files. >> bla bla bla > > A related question. > > How do I extract a named file from a tar archive and place it in the > current > directory without the file path appended to the file.? > > Cheers Ross Drummond >
for a one-off use mc. Its virtualised file system allows you to see inside tar, tgz, rpm, deb and lots of others, and copy files out to the other panel on an individual basis. Hit enter on any of those filetypes. -- Nick Rout
