Segun el manual de "tar" para la terminal de linux:

-C, --directory=DIR

          Change  to DIR before performing any operations.  This option is

          order-sensitive, [i.e.](//i.e.) it affects all options that follow.

-xfz (extract file from zip) file.tar.gz

Segun el manual de "tar" para la terminal de linux:

-C, --directory=DIR

          Change  to DIR before performing any operations.  This option is

          order-sensitive, [i.e.](//i.e.) it affects all options that follow.

-xfz (extract file from zip) file.tar.gz