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Try the -C option to tar (if your version supports it)<br />
`man tar` for details<br />

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Try the -C option to tar (if your version supports it)
`man tar` for details


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Thanks, I knew about that -C, but I had the syntax wrong, thanks for the example
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Thanks, I knew about that -C, but I had the syntax wrong, thanks for the example

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Ok I have a tar-ing problem was wondering if someone could help...<br />
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If I have a tar that contains a bunch of files like: <br />
home/dummy/imageFolder/bla<wbr />h.tif<br />
home/dummy/imageFolder/bla<wbr />h2.tif<br />
home/dummy/imageFolder/sub<wbr />Dir<br />
home/dummy/imageFolder/sub<wbr />Dir/blah5.<wbr />tiff<br />
...<br />
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is there a way to extract all the files/dirs in the imageFolder without having tar make the complete dir home/dummy/imageFolder<br />
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(when i run &quot;tar -xvf mytar.tar&quot; it makes the complete dir path from where ever I ran it...)<br />
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OR if this isn't possible, is there a way to tar a folder using a complete path /home/blah/blah/myFolder but so that the path in the tar is just myFolder/ , that way the extraction wont make that complete path when I call it...<br />
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Thanks for your time.<br />
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PS. (please dont tell me I should cd to the dir, I know this, but Im doing some remote programming, and the cd command is not a valid option, everything is being done using absolute paths from /)
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Ok I have a tar-ing problem was wondering if someone could help...

If I have a tar that contains a bunch of files like: 
home/dummy/imageFolder/blah.tif
home/dummy/imageFolder/blah2.tif
home/dummy/imageFolder/subDir
home/dummy/imageFolder/subDir/blah5.tiff
...

is there a way to extract all the files/dirs in the imageFolder without having tar make the complete dir home/dummy/imageFolder

(when i run "tar -xvf mytar.tar" it makes the complete dir path from where ever I ran it...)


OR if this isn't possible, is there a way to tar a folder using a complete path /home/blah/blah/myFolder but so that the path in the tar is just myFolder/ , that way the extraction wont make that complete path when I call it...



Thanks for your time.

PS. (please dont tell me I should cd to the dir, I know this, but Im doing some remote programming, and the cd command is not a valid option, everything is being done using absolute paths from /)

tar command and relative paths

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