Re: [Bug-tar] GNU tar.exe opens a console window when run from the script

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Venkatesan <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi,
>     I am evaluating the GNU tar.exe to use in our project. When I run
> the GNU tar.exe from the script or some external program, it opens a
> console window and closes it.

GNU tar itself does not open any windows. It is your window manager who
is responsible for that.

> * Currently GNU tar provides option to extract the file to the current
> folder or a subfolder in which the tar.exe is executed. Is there any
> way to direct the output of the extracted files to a different
> directory which exist in some other location? 

Use -C option: tar -C directory -xf archive

> * Is there any way to change the permission of the file while
> extracting.

GNU tar provides two options for this purpose: --same-permissions
and its counterpart --no-same-permissions. See tar documentation for
details.

Regards,
Sergey