1 1 2.8.1 Extracting an Entire Archive 1 ---------------------------------- 1 1 To extract an entire archive, specify the archive file name only, with 1 no individual file names as arguments. For example, 1 1 $ tar -xvf collection.tar 1 1 produces this: 1 1 -rw-r--r-- myself/user 28 1996-10-18 16:31 jazz 1 -rw-r--r-- myself/user 21 1996-09-23 16:44 blues 1 -rw-r--r-- myself/user 20 1996-09-23 16:44 folk 1