[Novices] Extracting archived files

[yvh11a]

>I'd recommend -
>
>star -cv H=exustar bs=8k fs=64m f={backupdeviceorfile} /home /etc

I really feel like an idiot for needing to ask this one, but how would
you extract files from an archve so that they replace what's already
in /home and /etc?

star -Uxv H=exustar bs=8k fs=64m f=/tmp/backup8_9_05
makes a lot of text scroll across the screen, but no actual files seem
to be created, or if they are, I'm looking for them in the wrong
place.

Thanks all,
Steve V
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