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m_pahlevanzadeh

09-05-2011 01:00 AM

strip directory in tar command

Dear all,

You know when use :

Code:

tar -zcvf mytar.tar.gz /var/www/mydir/foo

When decompress mytar.tar.gz, tar creates var directory that contains www/mydir/foo,So i need to when it decompress doesn't create ./var/www/mydir,just creates foo,Of course without cd command while i create tar.gz.
Do you know a useful option in tar command for do it?

zhjim

09-05-2011 01:25 AM

man tar

Code:

--strip-components NUMBER, --strip-path NUMBER

              strip NUMBER  of        leading        components  from  file        names        before

              extraction



              (1) tar-1.14 uses --strip-path, tar-1.14.90+ uses --strip-compo-

              nents

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