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Create a file which lists the necessary directory/directories you need to extract - be sure to include the wild card characters.<br />
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You can then use the file in the extraction process by specifying the --from-file= parameter:<br />
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tar -zxvf --from-file=myfileselectio<wbr />n.txt mygzippedtarfile.tgz<br />

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Create a file which lists the necessary directory/directories you need to extract - be sure to include the wild card characters.

You can then use the file in the extraction process by specifying the --from-file= parameter:

tar -zxvf --from-file=myfileselection.txt mygzippedtarfile.tgz


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Thank you. How does this know which folder to extract to? Do I have to extract to folder where I have the tgz file then copy/move them to correct folder afterwards? 
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Thank you. How does this know which folder to extract to? Do I have to extract to folder where I have the tgz file then copy/move them to correct folder afterwards?

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Just do:<br />
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cd /<br />
tar zxvf /path/to/backup.tgz path/to/folder/to/be/resto<wbr />red
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Just do:

cd /
tar zxvf /path/to/backup.tgz path/to/folder/to/be/restored

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I have a backup of my sever each night that creates a tgz file. In the file are many folders with many files. I wish to just extract one particular folder (it has thousands of text and pdf files in it ).<br />
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What is the syntax to extract just a folder of files and put it back in the correct place?<br />
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Thank you &nbsp;
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I have a backup of my sever each night that creates a tgz file. In the file are many folders with many files. I wish to just extract one particular folder (it has thousands of text and pdf files in it ).

What is the syntax to extract just a folder of files and put it back in the correct place?

Thank you  

Extract a folder from a tgz file

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