tar question....

Hi all.. I've looked at the tar man and info, but still can not understand what to do. Here's the deal. I've got a tape drive. I've got it where I can write to the drive, no problem. BUT how do I get something off the tape? What I want to do is take one file from the tape and put it on different place than where it came from. For example: I have on the tape a file /home/jim/XX I want that file, and only that file, on /home/wife/XX How do I do that? Thanks! -- Jim Hatridge ------------------------------------------------------ BayerWulf The Recycled Beowulf Project Looking for throw-away or obsolete computers and parts to recycle into a Linux super computer