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10.4.1.3 How to extract the product files from the tar container files

To extract the product files from the tar container files, the basic form of the call to tar is:

tar -xof / mount-point / filename

The flag x means extract files from tar -formatted data, and f specifies that the source of the data will be a file.

mount-point is the point in the UNIX filesystem at which the CD-ROM is mounted, while filename is the name of the tar file containing the product files.

For example, to extract the files for LispWorks (32-bit) on Solaris, with the CD-ROM mounted at /cdrom/lw_51/, you would type

tar -xof /cdrom/lw_51/lw51-sparc.tar
LispWorks Release Notes and Installation Guide - 18 Mar 2008

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