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UNIX Tar Files
The CD/DVD-ROM device must be mounted to extract the tar file from the CD/DVD. Device mount commands can be found in the man pages by typing man mount.
Note: not all CD/DVD-ROM devices are mountable devices. It may be necessary for you to copy the tar file from the CD/DVD to a local or network drive before you can extract the files.
To verify the data in the tar file
Type: tar -tvf /dev/cd-rom device name/tar file name
To extract the data from the tar file
You must be in the directory where the data is to be copied to when executing the extraction command.
Example: (to extract the recovered data to a subdirectory named RECOVERY.)
Go to the ./RECOVERY directory Type: tar -xvf /dev/cd-rom device name/tar file name*
This extracts all files in the tar file to the ./RECOVERY subdirectory. You can find further information in the UNIX man pages by typing man tar.
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