tar restore path

[Kim Kendall]

I know I should know this...

I have a tar that has multiple paths on it and only want to restore a single path.

path1/
path1/files
path1/path1a
path1/path1a/files
path2/
path2/files
path2/path2a/
etc...etc.

I verified the tape (-tvf) and output to a text file, then grep'd the path I wanted and wrote to a second list.

I want to restore everything under /path2. Should I use the second list I wrote:

tar -xvf /dev/rmt/0m 'cat newlist'

or just restore using the path

tar -xvf /dev/rmt/0m path2/*

[Jeff_Traigle · Accepted solution]

If you want everything under path2, just do the follwoing:

tar xvf /dev/rmt/0m path2

[Steve Steel]

Hi

Option 1 is best

Option 2 will only restore files it finds in
path2

Using path2 only should also work

Steve Steel

[Kim Kendall]

use path2 without the trailing "/"?

[Jeff_Traigle]

I don't know that the trailing / matters. I never use one.