In Linux, what is the result of this command: tar -xvf public_html.tar

In Linux, what is the result of this command: tar -xvf public_html.tar

• Untar or extract public_html.tar to /home/public_html
• Create a new public_html.tar archive using the files in the current directory
• Untar or extract public_html.tar to the current directory
• Untar or extract public_html.tar to /root             

EXPLANATION

To untar or extract a tar file, just issue following command using option x (extract). For example the below command will untar the file public_html.tar in present working directory:

# tar -xvf public_html.tar

SOURCE

https://www.tecmint.com/18-tar-command-examples-in-linux/