Hello, I am using the shell/ix and have this tar file backup.tar which was created from the root up, like this : /home/john/file1 /home/john/file2 /home/john/file3 I want to restore only 1 file, file2 to another directory /home/john/restore/file2. But I am unable to do this because the tar was not created with a ./ in front. Is there a way I can extract the file2 to another location without overwriting the existing file? Thanks a lot in advance for all your help. Cheers! John * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *