Untar Command

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When i enter this command, it just goes to the next line and stays like that for hours. I assume because the file is about 100gb and it tries to untar it right?

tar -xf /root/folder/backupfolder/15.august.2012-.tar

Now the real question is where does it untar it to? Maybe i cut the process in the middle of it but i dont see the untar`ed files in the same folder.

I just want to untar this file in the same folder and thas all. Can somebody help me please?

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Try adding the "v" flag like this:

tar -xvf /root/folder/backupfolder/15.august.2012-.tar

The -v flag is for "verbose". You should see a list of files being extracted as they are being extracted.

Now the real question is where does it untar it to? Maybe i cut the process in the middle of it but i dont see the untar`ed files in the same folder.

It will untar it into your current working directory (try "pwd" command).

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Originally Posted by cmpe

Try adding the "v" flag like this:

tar -xvf /root/folder/backupfolder/15.august.2012-.tar

The -v flag is for "verbose". You should see a list of files being extracted as they are being extracted.
It will untar it into your current working directory (try "pwd" command).

Worked well thx.
But when i go to ftp and look at the folder. I dont see the untar`ed ones yet. Does it not show them until it finished completely?

How can i see/access them before it finishes? Because like i said, its a 100gb file it take hours to complete.

Also one more thing, i have killed the process in the middle many times, would it leave any files etc in anywhere (like temp folders or something) i should delete before i start untaring again?

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Well the process worked well but it ended up with opt/ and then went to the regular command line. But when i refresh the folder in ftp, i dont see the untarred files or folders. So command either didnt work, or didnt work all the way through or put the files somewhere else.

Can somebody please help me?

[cmpe]

Copy paste what it shows in the standard output when you run the tar command with -xvf flag. You don't have to show the whole output, just a snippet so we can see where the files are being extracted to.

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After i put the command it shows only the files are being untar`ed. It doesnt show where does it extract them to.