Here’s how to extract a TAR file to a different location:
$ tar -C /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/ -xvf /home/mytarfile.tar
Explanation:
-C is the option to specify where to extract your TAR file.
/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/ is the specified path where to extract your TAR file.
-xvf are the options used to extract the TAR file
/home/mytarfile.tar is the tar file itself.
Disclaimer: The options i use are based on how the file was TAR-ed. In this case, it was:
$ tar -cvf mytarfile.tar *