tar

[angelo_11]

Hi,

i have a tar file xx.file it contains files with absolute path.

/Arr/AA/BB/file1
/Arr/AA/BB/file2
/Arr/AA/BB/file3
.
.
..

I need to untar the in a different path
/XX/YY/TT

how can I have all the files into /XX/YY/TT ?

thanks

[Peter Godron]

Angelo,
you can't with standard tar. However you can use gnu tar (gtar) or pax with -s option.

http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Gnu/tar-1.15.1/

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

use 'pax' to read back the tarfile content under a different path.
BTW., it is not a good idea anyway, to store absolute pathnames in a tarfile.

cd resultdir
pax -r -s:/Arr/AA/BB:XX/YY/TT: /pathname/xx.tar


mfG Peter

[Jeroen Peereboom]

On Linux, GNU tar will remove leading '/'.

#tar xf mw.tar
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names

Don't be root.
There is a special option for not removing leading '.' (-P, check manpage).

JP

P.S. Don't ask the same question twice please...

[Peter Godron]

Angelo,
can you please update. Is this problem answered ?
For earlier similar problems please see:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=17465
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=132348
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=263946

If the answers were useful, please allocate points as per: http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#28

[Victor BERRIDGE]

Hi,
Peter Nikita gave you the solution...
I do the same:
Copy the archive to
the relative location in
which you wish to untar it.

Then, execute the following
command:

pax -r -s ',^/,,' -f file.tar


All the best
Victor