How to unpack tar with replacement to a specific folder?

Question

linux

You need to unpack the archive, which has files and subfolders with files.
But you need to do this on top of existing files and subfolders.
Is the command correct?

tar -C /root/backup_srv/mount/SERVER -xvjf --overwrite /root/backup_srv/mount/gdrive/backup_srv_arch/ARCHIVE.tar.bz2

Answer 1

Seems right, although this is the first time I see the -C option and I had to look at man tar.

xkcd

https://xkcd.com/1168/

I would do

cd /root/backup_srv/mount/SERVER && tar -xvjf --overwrite /root/backup_srv/mount/gdrive/backup_srv_arch/ARCHIVE.tar.bz2