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Does tar -x Extract to Current Directory or Does it Extract to the Source of the Archive?

Does tar -x by default just extract to the current directory or does it try to reproduce the original directory structure including overwriting the original source? I know I can specify a folder to ...
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I want to tar X directory not including its parents

tar cvf /var/lib/backup/sample.tar /home/user/.project However, when I extract, I get its parents as well /backup/ - /home/ - /user/ - .project/ This tar commands does it job ...
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Untar directory from large tarball

How do I untar a directory that I don't know the path to? I only know the directory name. I know how to untar a single file with a wildcard: tar -xf somefile.tar.gz --wildcards --no-anchored ...
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Will tar -cvzf packed.tar.gz mydir take hidden files into account?

I need to create a tarball of a given directory. However, I need to make sure hidden files are included too (such as those beginning with .). Will the following command automatically take the hidden ...
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How to XZ a directory with TAR using maximum compression?

So I need to compress a directory with max compression. How can I do it with xz? I mean I will need tar too because I can't compress a directory with only xz. Is there a oneliner to produce e.g. ...
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Create target directory when extracting tarball

Is it possible to create a target directory, similar in nature to the mkdir -p switch, where I can define a non-existent target directory within my tar command, and tar will create the directory for ...