Examples--Retrieving Files From a Diskette (tar)

In this example, all files are copied from the diskette:

$  /home/smith/Evaluations
$ tar xvf /vol/dev/rdiskette0/unlabeled
x evaluation.doc, 44032 bytes, 86 tape blocks
x evaluation.doc.backup, 43008 bytes, 84 tape blocks
$ ls -l

Use the tar command to retrieve individual files from a diskette.

$ tar xvf /vol/dev/rdiskette0/unlabeled filename ...

The file names you specify are extracted from the diskette and placed in the current working directory.