[plug] re; untar to directory

[Jon Miller]

The second one is what I want except I would get an extracted file(s) as
such:
/etc/mnt/hdd/etc/filename instead of /etc/filename.  What I need to get
rid of is the mnt/hdd which is the leading directories.

On Tue, 2003-05-06 at 20:55, Luke Dudney wrote:
> Not exactly sure what you're trying to do..
> 
> If you're trying to untar specific files that have leading directories 
> to a different directory,
> for i in `tar tfz filename.tar.gz`; do  tar Oxfv filename.tar.gz $i > 
> /etc/`basename $i`; done
> 
> If you're trying to untar the entire file to a different directory you 
> can specify the output directory
> tar zxfv filename.tar.gz -C /etc
> 
> Cheers
> Luke
> 
> 
> Jon Miller wrote, On 06/05/03 21:00:
> 
> >Seems to be the only way to do it.  Iwas hoping I could deleted the leading directories.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Jon L. Miller, MCNE, CNS
> >Director/Sr Systems Consultant
> >MMT Networks Pty Ltd
> >http://www.mmtnetworks.com.au
> >
> >"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure
> > is trying to please everybody." -Bill Cosby
> >
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> >>>>billk at iinet.net.au 7:52:26 PM 6/05/2003 >>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >err, I usually just untar such things it in /tmp, check em for problems
> >then copy the files over ...
> >
> >or maybe create a temporary symlink to fudge the path if lots of
> >subdirectories are involved.
> >
> >
> >BillK
> >
> >On Tue, 2003-05-06 at 17:05, Jon Miller wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>I have a tarred file that has several directories before the filename:
> >>ex: /mnt/hdd/etc/filename.tar.gz
> >>What I need to do is untar the file to:
> >>/etc/filename
> >>I'm assuming if I issue the following command it will yield the wrong results
> >>tar -xzvf filename.tar.gz /etc 
> >>/etc/mnt/hdd/etc/filename
> >>Is there a way to strip off the /mnt/hdd?
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>
> >>Jon L. Miller, MCNE, CNS
> >>Director/Sr Systems Consultant
> >>MMT Networks Pty Ltd
> >>http://www.mmtnetworks.com.au
> >>
> >>"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure
> >> is trying to please everybody." -Bill Cosby
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>    
> >>
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Jon Miller <jlmiller at mmtnetworks.com.au>
MMT Networks Pty Ltd