Ok then, since the first post was about using tar to compress files, I though it would be a good idea to know how to uncompress them as well. So, you have the file backup.tar and want to unpack it.
cd <destination path> tar -xvf backup.tar.gz
or
tar -xvf backup.tar.gz -C <destination path>
Command explanation:
| -x | eXtract files and folders |
| -v | Verbose mode. Not needed but it’s nice to see the files being extracted |
| -f | File. The tar file to extract |
| -C | Output Path. To where should the tar file be extracted |
Cheers /jima