TO use tar command

Linux and Unix-Like Red Hat
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Hello,
i have already a backup in tar.gz format of test server.when i started to extract the backup it skip the archive folder,Please let me know if all you guru's have any solution of this.

Thanks,
Regards,
Umair

2

make sure of what you have already:

gunzip tar.gz
tar tf ./tar

tar is not a good name for a tar archive BTW.

If you tell us exactly what you need we can help.

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i have backup in this format
APPS_PROD_26-Jan-12.tar.gz

Now i want to extract with skip of archive folder.

Regards,
Umair

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Note the -Z option on some tar versions allows you to skip the gunzip below

gunzip APPS_PROD_26-Jan-12.tar.gz
tar tf  APPS_PROD_26-Jan-12.tar | grep archive > exclude_file
tar xvf APPS_PROD_26-Jan-12.tar -x exclude_file

Note - READ the exclude_file first to make sure you want to exclude all of the files in there. There can be a lot of other files that have "archive" somewhere in the name.