tar xzvf /cdrom/file.tar.gz -C /<destination directory>
HTH
Jimmy
carlos gevido wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I have a tar file on a cd, a very big one. I wanted to decompress it without
> copying the file into my HD. How can I do this?
>
> Regards,
> Carlos
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