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12.26.2005 at 09:53AM PST, ID: 21675570
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extract a tar to a different path

Asked by barthalamu in Sun Solaris

Tags: tar, extract, different, path

I would like to extract a tar archive that was made using full paths to a different sub-directory and NOT the full path that is contained in the tar.  Is there a way to "redirect" this from my existing tar archive?  Here is what I mean:

tar archive containing:
/usr/local/stuff/*

Extract to:
/mount1/...

I just want everything to be placed under a different directory, say mount1 in this example.  Thanks.Start Free Trial
 
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