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@@ -1254,6 +1254,13 @@ Archiving
``LIST_ONLY`` will list the files in the archive rather than extract them.
+ .. note::
+ The working directory for this subcommand is the ``DESTINATION`` directory
+ (provided or computed) except when ``LIST_ONLY`` is specified. Therefore,
+ outside of script mode, it may be best to provide absolute paths to
+ ``INPUT`` archives as they are unlikely to be extracted where a relative
+ path works.
+
.. versionadded:: 3.24
The ``TOUCH`` option gives extracted files a current local
timestamp instead of extracting file timestamps from the archive.