[ceejay949]

hello. how can i extract a remote tar file using ssh? thank you.

[Niwrad]

Well, on Darwin you use:

%: tar -xvzf filename

The -x flag indicates that you wish to x-tract the file(s)
The -v flag means "verbose"
The -z flag ****omit this flag if the file is not compressed****
The -f flag tells tar to extract from a file and not a tape archive


w/ secure shell I assume that you just use the above command, given that the computer you are interacting with is Unix based.

[Niwrad]

Check your man pages for the exact flags, they tend to vary. (man tar -or- atropos tar)

[ceejay949]

how can i extract a "remote tar file using ssh"? thank you